v31_0199 - TITUS Sesterce, (GB, Æ 36)
MONNAIES 31 (2007)
Starting price : 280.00 €
Estimate : 450.00 €
Realised price : 280.00 €
Number of bids : 1
Maximum bid : 280.00 €
Starting price : 280.00 €
Estimate : 450.00 €
Realised price : 280.00 €
Number of bids : 1
Maximum bid : 280.00 €
Type : Sesterce, (GB, Æ 36)
Date: 80
Mint name / Town : Roma
Metal : copper
Diameter : 36 mm
Orientation dies : 6 h.
Weight : 25,34 g.
Rarity : R2
Coments on the condition:
Exemplaire sur un flan très large, ovale, légèrement bombé et bien centré des deux côtés. Usure importante, mais parfaitement lisible et identifiable. Beau portrait. Joli revers à l’épigraphie élégante. Patine vert noir
Catalogue references :
Obverse
Obverse legend : IMP T CAES VESP A-VG P M TR P COS VIII.
Obverse description : Tête laurée de Titus à droite (O*).
Obverse translation : “Imperator Titus Cæsar Vespasianus Augustus Pontifex Maximus Tribunicia Potestate Consul octavum”, (L’empereur Titus césar Vespasien auguste, grand pontife, revêtu de la puissance tribunitienne, consul pour la huitième fois).
Reverse
Reverse legend : PAX - AVGVST/ S|C.
Reverse description : Pax (la Paix) drapée, debout à gauche, tenant un caducée de la main gauche et une branche d’olivier de la main droite.
Reverse translation : “Pax Augusti”, (La Paix de l’auguste).
Commentary
Poids léger. Sans patine. Titus reçoit son huitième consulat le 1er janvier 80, alors que Domitien prend son septième.
Historical background
TITUS
(1/07/69-13/09/81)
Augustus
Titus, born December 30, 39, is the eldest son of Vespasian. He followed 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 t was only a series of catastrophes, the eruption of Vesuvius in 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). It is described as "the delight of mankind".
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