Live auction - brm_385546 - TITUS Aureus
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| Estimate : | 6 500 € |
| Price : | 4 500 € |
| Maximum bid : | 4 500 € |
| End of the sale : | 19 April 2016 14:31:48 |
| bidders : | 1 bidder |
Type : Aureus
Date: 77-78
Mint name / Town : Roma
Metal : gold
Diameter : 18,5 mm
Orientation dies : 6 h.
Weight : 7,29 g.
Rarity : R2
Coments on the condition:
Exemplaire bien centré avec un portrait de style fin et bien venu à la frappe et un revers d’une grande finesse !
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Predigree :
Exemplaire provenant de la collection F.L.
Obverse
Obverse legend : T CAESAR IMP - VESPASIANVS.
Obverse description : Tête laurée de Titus césar à droite (O*).
Obverse translation : “Titus Cæsar Imperator Vespasianus Censor”, (Titus césar empereur Vespasien césar).
Reverse
Reverse legend : COS VI.
Reverse description : Rome assise à droite sur une pile de boucliers, tenant une lance de la main gauche ; à ses pieds à droite, la louve allaitant Romulus et Remus ; de chaque coté, volant dans le champ, un oiseau.
Reverse translation : “Consul sextum”, (Consul pour la sixième fois).
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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