E-auction 295-214998 - brm_445089 - TACITUS Aurelianus
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| Estimate : | 175 € |
| Price : | 104 € |
| Maximum bid : | 150 € |
| End of the sale : | 10 December 2018 14:21:00 |
| bidders : | 4 bidders |
Type : Aurelianus
Date: début - juin
Date: 276
Mint name / Town : Serdica
Metal : billon
Millesimal fineness : 50 ‰
Diameter : 21 mm
Orientation dies : 6 h.
Weight : 3,97 g.
Rarity : R2
Officine: 3e
Coments on the condition:
Bel exemplaire sur un flan ovale et bien centré. Beau buste particulier. Patine marron avec des traces d’argenture superficielle
Catalogue references :
Obverse
Obverse legend : IMP C M CL TACITVS AVG.
Obverse description : Buste radié de Tacite à droite, drapé sur l'épaule gauche (O2).
Obverse translation : “Imperator Cæsar Marcus Claudius Tacitus Augustus”, (L'empereur césar Marc Claude Tacite auguste).
Reverse
Reverse legend : PRO-VIDEN D-EOR//.
Reverse description : Fides (la Fidélité) et Sol (le Soleil) debout face à face ; la Fidélité est debout à gauche tournée à droite drapée, tenant dans chaque main une enseigne militaire ; Sol est debout à droite, tourné à gauche ; il est radié, nu, le manteau sur l’épaule, levant la main droite et tenant un globe de la main gauche.
Reverse legend : KA.G..
Reverse translation : “Providentia Deorum”, (La Providence divine).
Commentary
Portrait très particulier, avec le buste radié et le drapé sur l’épaule qui repasse aussi derrière sur la tranche du cou. Correspond au RIC temp. n°3945 qui recense 11 exemplaires.
Historical background
TACITUS
(11-12/275-06/276)
According to A. Chastagnol, the interregnum lasts nearly two months, between the end of September and the beginning of December 275 at most. The same researcher establishes that Tacitus was not elected by the Senate alone, but with the help of the army, during a diplomatic ballet between Rome and the Pannonian armies, so that Tacitus would accept the purple. The date of his elevation poses a problem and the traditional date of September 25 may be called into question if the interregnum lasts until December. At the beginning of 276, Tacitus left Rome to fight the Goths who had invaded Asia Minor. He was finally assassinated at Tyana in Cappadocia..
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