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brm_350932 - TITUS Sesterce
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Item sold on our e-shop (2015)
Price : 150.00 €
Item sold on our e-shop (2015)
Price : 150.00 €
Type : Sesterce
Date: 80
Mint name / Town : Roma
Metal : bronze
Diameter : 33 mm
Orientation dies : 6 h.
Weight : 18,91 g.
Rarity : R1
Coments on the condition:
Exemplaire sur un flan large à l’usure très importante lisible et identifiable. Patine marron
Catalogue references :
Predigree :
Cet exemplaire provient du stock de RIchelieu numismatique et de la collection du Professeur M. Caselli
Obverse
Obverse legend : IMP T CAES VESP - AVG P M TR P COS VIII.
Obverse description : Tête laurée de Titus à gauche (O*1).
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 : ANNONA - AVG.
Reverse description : Annona (l’Annone) drapée debout à gauche, tenant une statuette de l’Équité de la main droite et une corne d’abondance de la main gauche entre un modius rempli d’épis et une proue de navire.
Reverse translation : “Annona Augusti”, (L’Annone de l’auguste).
Commentary
Poids très léger. Titus reçoit son huitième consulat le 1er janvier 80, alors que Domitien prend son septième.
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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