v34_0456 - TITUS As, (MB, Æ 28)
MONNAIES 34 (2008)
Starting price : 195.00 €
Estimate : 500.00 €
Realised price : 205.00 €
Number of bids : 2
Maximum bid : 300.00 €
Starting price : 195.00 €
Estimate : 500.00 €
Realised price : 205.00 €
Number of bids : 2
Maximum bid : 300.00 €
Type : As, (MB, Æ 28)
Date: 77-78
Mint name / Town : Lyon
Metal : bronze
Diameter : 28 mm
Orientation dies : 6 h.
Weight : 11,07 g.
Rarity : R1
Coments on the condition:
Exemplaire sur un flan large et bien centré des deux côtés. Très beau portrait de Titus. Joli revers. Extraordinaire patine vert jade lissée.
Catalogue references :
Obverse
Obverse legend : T CAES IMP. AVG. F. TR. P. COS VI CENSOR.
Obverse description : Tête laurée de Titus à droite, globe à la pointe du cou (O*).
Obverse translation : “Titus Cæsar Imperator Augustus Filius Tribunicia Potestate Consul sextum Censor”, (Titus césar empereur fils de l’auguste revêtu de la puissance tribunitienne consul pour la sixième fois censeur).
Reverse
Reverse legend : S|C// PROVIDE(NT).
Reverse description : Façade de l’autel de la Providence, “Ara Providentiae Augusti”.
Reverse translation : “Providentia”, (La Providence).
Commentary
Rubans de type 1. Portrait de Titus tout à fait exceptionnel et caractéristique des émissions de Lyon.
Historical background
TITUS
(1/07/69-13/09/81)
Augustus with Vespasianus
Titus, born December 30, 39, is the eldest son of Vespasian. He follows his father to Judea, where he is legate of the XV Apollinaris legion. After the proclamation of Alexandria, Vespasian leaves it to him to complete the pacification of Judea, during which he falls in love with Bérénice (cf. Racine's play). After the capture of Jerusalem in the summer of 70, he celebrated the triumph with his father in January 71. Associated with power by his father, he succeeded him on June 24, 79, having broken with the beautiful Jewish princess in 75. His reign n is only a series of disasters: the eruption of Vesuvius on August 24, 79 which destroyed Pompeii and Herculaneum, then the fire of Rome in 80. He died in 81, perhaps assassinated at the instigation of his brother, Domitian (Suetonius).
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