brm_427289 - TACITUS Aurelianus
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Price : 100.00 €
Type : Aurelianus
Date: 276
Mint name / Town : Ticinum
Metal : billon
Millesimal fineness : 50 ‰
Diameter : 23 mm
Orientation dies : 6 h.
Weight : 4,01 g.
Rarity : R1
Officine: 5e
Coments on the condition:
Exemplaire sur un flan large, parfaitement centré des deux côtés avec les grènetis complets. Beau portrait de Tacite. Frappe un peu molle au revers. Patine grise avec des reflets métalliques, légèrement granuleuse
Catalogue references :
Obverse
Obverse legend : IMP C M CL TACITVS AVG.
Obverse description : Buste radié et cuirassé de Tacite à droite, vu de trois quarts en avant, l’égide sur l’épaule (B02).
Obverse translation : “Imperator Cæsar Marcus Claudius Tacitus Augustus”, (L’empereur césar Marc Claude Tacite auguste).
Reverse
Reverse legend : SECVRIT PERP/ -|-// U.
Reverse description : Securitas (la Sécurité) drapée, debout à gauche, les jambes croisées, le coude gauche appuyé sur une colonne et portant son bras gauche au-dessus de la tête.
Reverse translation : “Securitas Perpetua”, (La Sécurité perpétuelle).
Commentary
Avec son argenture superficielle. Rubans de type 3. Cuirasse cloutée. Épaulière clouté. Ptéryges fines. Petite égide sur l’épaule.
With its superficial silvering. Type 3 ribbons. Studded breastplate. Studded shoulder pad. Fine pteryga. Small aegis on the shoulder
With its superficial silvering. Type 3 ribbons. Studded breastplate. Studded shoulder pad. Fine pteryga. Small aegis on the shoulder
Historical background
TACITUS
(11-12/275-06/276)
According to A. Chastagnol, the interregnum lasts nearly two months, between the end of September and the beginning of December 275 at most. The same researcher establishes that Tacitus was not elected by the Senate alone, but with the help of the army, during a diplomatic ballet between Rome and the Pannonian armies, so that Tacitus would accept the purple. The date of his elevation poses a problem and the traditional date of September 25 may be called into question if the interregnum lasts until December. At the beginning of 276, Tacitus left Rome to fight the Goths who had invaded Asia Minor. He was finally assassinated at Tyana in Cappadocia..
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