v36_0398 - TITUS As, (MB, Æ 27)
MONNAIES 36 (2008)
Starting price : 195.00 €
Estimate : 500.00 €
Realised price : 195.00 €
Number of bids : 1
Maximum bid : 245.00 €
Starting price : 195.00 €
Estimate : 500.00 €
Realised price : 195.00 €
Number of bids : 1
Maximum bid : 245.00 €
Type : As, (MB, Æ 27)
Date: juin - décembre
Date: 79
Mint name / Town : Lyon
Metal : bronze
Diameter : 27 mm
Orientation dies : 6 h.
Weight : 10,88 g.
Rarity : UNIQUE
Coments on the condition:
Exemplaire sur un flan régulier, bien centré des deux côtés. Beau portrait énigmatique. Joli revers. Patine vert foncé brillante
Obverse
Obverse legend : IMP T CAES VESP AVG P M TR P COS VII.
Obverse description : Tête laurée de Titus à droite (O*).
Obverse translation : “Imperator Titus Cæsar Vespasianus Augustus Pontifex Maximus Tribunicia Potestate Consul septimum”, (L’empereur Titus césar Vespasien auguste, grand pontife, revêtu de la puissance tribunitienne, consul pour la septième fois).
Reverse
Reverse legend : ANÉPIGRAPHE/ S|C.
Reverse description : Spes (l’Espérance) drapée, marchant à gauche, tenant une fleur de la main droite tendue et relevant un pan de sa robe de la main gauche.
Commentary
Un seul ruban visible. Portrait très particulier ne laissant place à aucune ambiguïté, il s’agit d’un as frappé pour l’atelier de Lyon. Normalement aucune pièce du septième consulat n’est connue pour Titus, encore moins pour Titus devenu Auguste après la mort de Vespasien car l’atelier de Lyon ferme définitivement ses portes en 77-78. Notre portrait est très proche des monnaies pour le sixième consulat du même atelier (pl. 69, n° 1273) avec le même revers. Pour l’atelier de Rome, voir pl. 91, n° 73, mais le portrait est complètement différent.
Only one ribbon visible. A very particular portrait leaving no room for ambiguity, it is an ace struck for the Lyon mint. Normally no coin of the seventh consulate is known for Titus, even less for Titus who became Augustus after the death of Vespasian because the Lyon mint closed its doors definitively in 77-78. Our portrait is very close to the coins for the sixth consulate of the same mint (pl. 69, no. 1273) with the same reverse. For the Rome mint, see pl. 91, no. 73, but the portrait is completely different
Only one ribbon visible. A very particular portrait leaving no room for ambiguity, it is an ace struck for the Lyon mint. Normally no coin of the seventh consulate is known for Titus, even less for Titus who became Augustus after the death of Vespasian because the Lyon mint closed its doors definitively in 77-78. Our portrait is very close to the coins for the sixth consulate of the same mint (pl. 69, no. 1273) with the same reverse. For the Rome mint, see pl. 91, no. 73, but the portrait is completely different
Historical background
TITUS
(1/07/69-13/09/81)
Augustus
Titus, born December 30, 39, is the eldest son of Vespasian. He followed his father to Judea where he is legate of the XV Apollinaris legion. After the proclamation of Alexandria, Vespasian leaves it to him to complete the pacification of Judea during which he falls in love with Bérénice (cf. Racine's play). After the capture of Jerusalem in the summer of 70, he celebrated the Triumph with his father in January 71. Associated with power by his father, he succeeded him on June 24, 79, having broken with the beautiful Jewish princess in 75. His reign n t was only a series of catastrophes, the eruption of Vesuvius in 79 which destroyed Pompeii and Herculaneum, then the fire of Rome in 80. He died in 81, perhaps assassinated at the instigation of his brother, Domitian ( Suetonius). It is described as "the delight of mankind".
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