v24_0296 - TITUS Sesterce, (GB, Æ 33)
MONNAIES 24 (2005)
Starting price : 175.00 €
Estimate : 250.00 €
unsold lot
Starting price : 175.00 €
Estimate : 250.00 €
unsold lot
Type : Sesterce, (GB, Æ 33)
Date: 80
Mint name / Town : Roma
Metal : copper
Diameter : 33 mm
Orientation dies : 6 h.
Weight : 25,49 g.
Rarity : R1
Coments on the condition:
Usure importante, mais exemplaire parfaitement identifiable et lisible. Beau portrait. Faiblesse de frappe au revers. Patine marron foncé
Catalogue references :
Obverse
Obverse legend : IMP T CAES VESP AVG P M TR P P P COS VIII.
Obverse description : Tête laurée de Titus à gauche (O*1).
Obverse translation : “Imperator Titus Cæsar Augustus Pontifex Maximus Tribunicia Potestate Pater Patriæ Consul octavum”, (L'empereur Titus césar Vespasien auguste grand pontife revêtu de la puissance tribunitienne père de la patrie consul pour la huitième fois).
Reverse
Reverse legend : FELICIT - PVBLIC/ S|C.
Reverse description : Felicitas (la Félicité) drapée, debout à gauche, tenant un long sceptre vertical de la main droite et une corne d’abondance de la main gauche.
Reverse translation : “Felicitas Publica”, (La Félicité publique).
Commentary
C’est l’unique utilisation de ce type de revers pendant le règne de Titus (79-81).
This is the only use of this type of reverse during the reign of Titus (79-81)
This is the only use of this type of reverse during the reign of Titus (79-81)
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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