v24_0628 - TACITUS Aurelianus
MONNAIES 24 (2005)
Starting price : 375.00 €
Estimate : 1 000.00 €
unsold lot
Starting price : 375.00 €
Estimate : 1 000.00 €
unsold lot
Type : Aurelianus
Date: fin 275 - début 276
Mint name / Town : Roma
Metal : billon
Millesimal fineness : 50 ‰
Diameter : 22 mm
Orientation dies : 12 h.
Weight : 3,93 g.
Rarity : UNIQUE
Officine: 5e
Emission: 3e
Coments on the condition:
Flan large et légèrement ovale. Beau portrait. Patine gris-vert. Frappe faible au revers
Catalogue references :
Obverse
Obverse legend : IMP C M L TACITVS AVG (SIC !).
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 : SPES PVBLICA/ -|E// XXI.
Reverse description : Spes (l’Espérance) marchant à gauche, tenant une fleur de la main droite et relevant sa robe de la gauche.
Reverse translation : “Spes Publica”, (L’Espérance publique).
Commentary
Semble complètement inédit et non répertorié avec cette variante de légende de droit.
Appears to be completely unpublished and unlisted with this variant of the caption of the right
Appears to be completely unpublished and unlisted with this variant of the caption of the right
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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