brm_1080538 - TITUS Dupondius
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Type : Dupondius
Date: 80-81
Mint name / Town : Roma
Metal : copper
Diameter : 26,5 mm
Orientation dies : 6 h.
Weight : 12,89 g.
Rarity : R1
Coments on the condition:
Monnaie centrée à l’usure importante mais régulière. Portrait agréable. Patine foncée
Obverse
Obverse legend : IMP T CAES VESP AVG P M TR P COS VIII.
Obverse description : Tête radiée de Titus à gauche.
Obverse translation : “Imperator Titus Cæsar Vespasianus Augustus Pontifex Maximus Tribunicia Potestate Consul octavum”, (L’empereur Titus césar Vespasien auguste grand pontife revêtu de la puissance tribunicienne, consul pour la huitième fois).
Reverse
Reverse legend : SALVS AVG / S|C.
Reverse description : Salus (la Santé) assise à gauche tenant une patère.
Reverse translation : “Salus Augusti” (La Santé de l’Auguste).
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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