brm_349831 - TITUS Denier
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Item sold on our e-shop (2015)
Price : 95.00 €
Item sold on our e-shop (2015)
Price : 95.00 €
Type : Denier
Date: 74
Mint name / Town : Roma
Metal : silver
Millesimal fineness : 900 ‰
Diameter : 18,5 mm
Orientation dies : 6 h.
Weight : 3,15 g.
Rarity : R1
Coments on the condition:
Flan large. Exemplaire à l’usure importante et régulière, recouvert d’une patine grise
Catalogue references :
Obverse
Obverse legend : T CAESAR - IMP VESPASIAN.
Obverse description : Tête laurée de Titus à droite (O*).
Obverse translation : “Titus Cæsar Imperator Vespasianus”, (Titus césar empereur Vespasien).
Reverse
Reverse legend : PONTIF - TR P COS III.
Reverse description : Caducée ailé.
Reverse translation : “Pontifex Tribunicia Potestate Consul tertium”, (Pontife revêtu de la puissance tribunitienne consul pour la troisième fois).
Commentary
Titulature courte au droit et légende rétrograde. Semble plus rare que ne le signalent les ouvrages généraux. C’est la première fois que nous proposons ce type à la vente.
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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