brm_287914 - TITUS Denier
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Item sold on our e-shop (2014)
Price : 380.00 €
Item sold on our e-shop (2014)
Price : 380.00 €
Type : Denier
Date: 72
Mint name / Town : Antioche
Metal : silver
Millesimal fineness : 900 ‰
Diameter : 17 mm
Orientation dies : 6 h.
Weight : 3,09 g.
Rarity : R1
Coments on the condition:
Exemplaire sur un flan ovale et irrégulier, bien centré. Beau portrait inhabituel. Joli revers. Flan taché
Obverse
Obverse legend : T CAES IMP VESP - PONT TR POT.
Obverse description : Buste lauré, drapé et cuirassé à droite, vu de trois quarts en arrière (A2).
Obverse translation : “Titus Cæsar Imperator Vespasianus Pontifex Tribunicia Potestas”, (Titus césar empereur Vespasien pontife, revêtu de la puissance tribunitienne.
Reverse
Reverse legend : NEP - RED.
Reverse description : Neptune debout à gauche, nu le manteau flottant, tenant l’acrostolium et un sceptre long, le pied droit posé sur un globe.
Reverse translation : “Neptuno Reduci”, (Au retour de Neptune).
Commentary
Sur cet exemplaire, Titus est légèrement barbu. Le buste drapé et cuirassé est très rare.
In this example, Titus is slightly bearded. The draped and armored bust is very rare.
In this example, Titus is slightly bearded. The draped and armored bust is very rare.
Historical background
TITUS
(1/07/69-13/09/81)
Augustus with Vespasianus
Titus, born December 30, 39, is the eldest son of Vespasian. He follows 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 is only a series of disasters: the eruption of Vesuvius on August 24, 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).
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