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bpv_793086 - TACITUS Tétradrachme

TACITUS Tétradrachme AU
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Type : Tétradrachme
Date: an 1
Mint name / Town : Alexandrie, Égypte
Metal : copper
Diameter : 20 mm
Orientation dies : 12 h.
Weight : 7,75 g.
Rarity : R1
Coments on the condition:
Monnaie centrée. Joli revers, bien venu à la frappe. Patine marron
Catalogue references :

Obverse


Obverse description : Buste lauré, drapé et cuirassé à droite vu de trois quarts en avant (A*).
Obverse legend : A K KL TAKI-TOS SEB, (Autokrator Kaisar Klaidios Takitos Sebastos).
Obverse translation : (L’empereur césar Claude Tacite auguste).

Reverse


Reverse description : Elpis/Spes (L'Espérance) marchant à gauche, tenant une fleur de la main droite et relevant sa robe de la main gauche.
Reverse legend : ETOUS/ A.
Reverse translation : (an 1).

Commentary


Rubans de type 3.

Historical background


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(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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