E-auction 303-221994 - brm_445064 - TACITUS Aurelianus
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| Estimate : | 180 € |
| Price : | 88 € |
| Maximum bid : | 89 € |
| End of the sale : | 04 February 2019 14:13:00 |
| bidders : | 3 bidders |
Type : Aurelianus
Date: 275
Mint name / Town : Serdica
Metal : billon
Millesimal fineness : 50 ‰
Diameter : 22 mm
Orientation dies : 12 h.
Weight : 4,27 g.
Rarity : R2
Officine: 2e
Coments on the condition:
Bel exemplaire sur un flan ovale et parfaitement centré des deux cotés. Très beau buste et joli revers. Patine vert foncé
Catalogue references :
Obverse
Obverse legend : M CL TACITVS P F AVG.
Obverse description : Buste radié, drapé et cuirassé de Tacite à droite, vu de trois quarts en avant (A).
Obverse translation : "Marcus Claudius Tacitus Pius Felix Augustus", (Marc Claude Tacite pieux heureux auguste).
Reverse
Reverse legend : CONSERVAT MILIT// S.
Reverse description : Tacite et Mars debout face à face. Mars debout à gauche, casqué, vêtu militairement, tenant une haste de la main gauche et offrant un globe à Tacite debout à droite, vêtu militairement.
Reverse translation : "Conservator Militum", (Conservateur des armées).
Commentary
Type rare qui correspond au RIC temp. 3893 avec 8 exemplaires connus dont la moitié conservée en musées, à Londres, Oxford, Milan et Budapest.
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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