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brm_230804 - TACITUS Aurelianus

TACITUS Aurelianus AU
95.00 €(Approx. 102.60$ | 81.70£)
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Type : Aurelianus
Date: juin
Date: 276
Mint name / Town : Ticinum
Metal : billon
Millesimal fineness : 50 ‰
Diameter : 22,5 mm
Orientation dies : 6 h.
Weight : 3,30 g.
Rarity : R2
Officine: 4e
Coments on the condition:
Exemplaire sur un flan large et bien centré des deux côtés avec les grènetis complets. Beau portrait à l’usure superficielle. Joli revers. Patine gris foncé avec des reflets métalliques

Obverse


Obverse legend : IMP C M CL TACITVS AVG.
Obverse description : Buste radié et cuirassé de Tacite à droite avec l’égide sur l’épaule, vu de trois quarts en avant (B02).
Obverse translation : “Imperator Cæsar Marcus Claudius Tacitus Augustus”, (L’empereur césar Marc Claude Tacite auguste).

Reverse


Reverse legend : PROVIDE - AVG/ -|-// Q.
Reverse description : Providentia (la Providence) debout à gauche, tenant un globe de la main droite et un sceptre transversal de la main gauche.
Reverse translation : “Providentia Augusti”, (La Providence de l’auguste).

Commentary


Poids léger. Avec son argenture superficielle. Rubans de type 3 aux extrémités bouletées. Ptéryges fines, visibles.

Historical background


IMPLIED

(11-12/275-06/276)

According to the late A. Chastagnol the interregnum lasted nearly two months between late September and early December 275 maximum and the researcher highlighted that Tacitus was not elected by the Senate alone, but with the support of the army, in a flurry of diplomatic activity between Rome and the Pannonian armies to Tacitus accepts purple. The date of his elevation problem and the traditional date of 25 September can be questioned if the interregnum lasted until December. Tacitus, in early 276, left Rome to fight the Goths who invaded Asia Minor. He was finally assassinated in Tyana in Cappadocia.

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