brm_992583 - TITUS Denier
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Type : Denier
Date: 79
Mint name / Town : Roma
Metal : silver
Millesimal fineness : 900 ‰
Diameter : 18,5 mm
Orientation dies : 6 h.
Weight : 3,25 g.
Rarity : R1
Coments on the condition:
Monnaie centrée. Joli revers. Fine usure régulière. Patine grise
Catalogue references :
Obverse
Obverse legend : T CAESAR IMP VESPASIANVS.
Obverse description : Tête laurée de Titus à droite (O*).
Obverse translation : "Titus Cæsar Imperator Vespasianus", (Titus césar empereur Vespasien).
Reverse
Reverse legend : TR POT VIII - COS VII.
Reverse description : Vénus à demi-nue debout à droite, tenant une pomme de la main droite et un sceptre transversal de la gauche, le bras gauche appuyé sur une colonne.
Reverse translation : “Tribunicia Potestate octavum consul septimum”, (Revêtu de la huitième puissance tribunitienne consul pour la septième fois).
Commentary
Une des dernières émissions frappée du vivant de Vespasien, décédé le 24 juin 79.
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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