brm_176950 - TACITUS Aurelianus
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Item sold on our e-shop (2018)
Price : 115.00 €
Type : Aurelianus
Date: début - juin
Date: 276
Mint name / Town : Ticinum
Metal : billon
Millesimal fineness : 50 ‰
Diameter : 24 mm
Orientation dies : 6 h.
Weight : 3,53 g.
Officine: 2e
Coments on the condition:
Flan très large ! Exemplaire parfaitement centré. Joli revers. Patine marron foncé
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Obverse
Obverse legend : IMP C M CL TACITVS AVG.
Obverse description : Buste radié, drapé et cuirassé de Tacite à droite, vu de trois quarts en avant (A).
Obverse translation : “Imperator Cæsar Marcus Claudius Tacitus Augustus”, (L’empereur césar Marc Claude Tacite auguste).
Reverse
Reverse legend : MART-I - P-ACIF/ -|-// S.
Reverse description : Mars casqué et vêtu militairement, marchant à gauche, brandissant une branche de laurier de la main droite et tenant une haste et un bouclier de la gauche.
Reverse translation : “Marti Pacifero”, (À Mars pacificateur).
Commentary
Rubans de type 3.
Type 3 ribbons
Type 3 ribbons
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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