brm_907792 - TITUS Dupondius
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Type : Dupondius
Date: 77
Mint name / Town : Lyon
Metal : copper
Diameter : 28,5 mm
Orientation dies : 7 h.
Weight : 10,39 g.
Rarity : R1
Coments on the condition:
Monnaie centrée. Joli portrait de Titus. Usure plus marquée au revers. Patine marron
Obverse
Obverse legend : T. CAES. IMP. AVG. F TR. P. COS. VI CENSOR.
Obverse description : Tête laurée de Titus à droite (O*), globe à la pointe du cou.
Obverse translation : “Titus Cæsar Imperator Filius Tribunicia Potestate Consul sextum Censor”, (Titus César fils de l’empereur Auguste, revêtu de la puissance tribunitienne, consul pour la sixième fois, censeur).
Reverse
Reverse legend : FELICITAS PVBLICA/ S|C.
Reverse description : Felicitas (la Félicité) drapée debout à gauche, tenant un caducée de la main droite et une corne d’abondance de la main gauche.
Reverse translation : “Felicitas Publica”, (La Félicité du peuple).
Commentary
Dupondius en orichalque (bronze/laiton de couleur jaune) avec une tête laurée.
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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