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bpv_433849 - TACITUS Tétradrachme

TACITUS Tétradrachme AU/AU
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Item sold on our e-shop (2022)
Price : 100.00 €
Type : Tétradrachme
Date: an 1
Mint name / Town : Alexandrie, Égypte
Metal : copper
Diameter : 21,5 mm
Orientation dies : 11 h.
Weight : 8,40 g.
Rarity : R1
Coments on the condition:
Exemplaire sur un flan bien centré des deux côtés avec les grènetis complets. Beau portrait de Tacite. Joli revers. Patine marron foncé
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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 : Aigle debout à gauche, tournant la tête à droite, tenant une couronne dans son bec.
Reverse legend : ETOUS/ A.
Reverse translation : (an 1).

Commentary


Rubans de type 3.

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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