brm_325287 - TITUS Sesterce
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Item sold on our e-shop (2016)
Price : 880.00 €
Item sold on our e-shop (2016)
Price : 880.00 €
Type : Sesterce
Date: 73
Mint name / Town : Roma
Metal : bronze
Diameter : 32 mm
Orientation dies : 6 h.
Weight : 24,10 g.
Rarity : R3
Coments on the condition:
Exemplaire sur un flan large et irrégulier bien centré des deux côtés. Très beau portrait de Titus de haut relief. Frappe molle au revers. Patine vert superficielle
Catalogue references :
Obverse
Obverse legend : T CAESAR VESPASIAN IMP IIII PON TR POT II COS II.
Obverse description : Tête laurée de Titus à droite (O*).
Obverse translation : “Titus Cæsar Vespasianus Imperator Pontifex Tribunicia Potestate iterum Consul iterum”, (Titus césar Vespasien empereur pontife revêtu de la deuxième puissance tribunitienne consul pour la deuxième fois).
Reverse
Reverse legend : S|C.
Reverse description : Mars (Virtus) nu marchant à gauche, le manteau flottant sur l’épaule, tenant une lance transversale de la main droite et un trophée de la main gauche reposant sur l’épaule.
Commentary
Poids léger. Cet exemplaire manque à la plupart des collections. Type que nous proposons pour la première fois à la vente !.
Lightweight. This specimen is missing from most collections. This is the first type we are offering for sale!
Lightweight. This specimen is missing from most collections. This is the first type we are offering for sale!
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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