Live auction - brm_1042603 - TITUS Sesterce
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Live starting : Type : Sesterce
Date: 77-78
Mint name / Town : Lyon
Metal : copper
Diameter : 34 mm
Orientation dies : 6 h.
Weight : 30,02 g.
Rarity : R2
Coments on the condition:
Monnaie centrée. Joli portrait de Titus, de haut relief. Usure régulière. Patine marron-vert
Obverse
Obverse legend : T CAES IMP AVG F PON TR P COS VI CENSOR.
Obverse description : Tête laurée de Titus à droite (O*) ; un globe à la pointe du cou.
Obverse translation : “Titus Cæsar Imperator Augustus Filius Pontifex Tribunicia Potestate Consul sextum Censor”, (Titus césar empereur fils auguste, pontife, revêtu de la puissance tribunitienne, consul pour la sixième fois, censeur).
Reverse
Reverse legend : SALVS AVGVSTA/ S|C.
Reverse description : Salus (la Santé) assise à gauche tenant une patère et un sceptre long.
Reverse translation : “Salus Augustas” (La Santé de l’Auguste).
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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