Roman Imperial coin – HCR167677

Obverse

Inscription:

IMP C M L TACITVS AVG

Design:

Bust of Tacitus, radiate, draped, cuirassed, right, viewed from front

Reverse

Inscription:

SALVS AVG

Design:

Salus, draped, standing left, feeding out of patera in right hand snake coiled round altar and holding vertical sceptre in left hand

Information

Period

Roman Imperial

Dynasty

Central Empire

Reign

Tacitus

Person

Tacitus

Mint

Rome

Denomination

Antoninianus

Material

silver

Technique

struck

Dating

Post-276 CE

Measurements
Acquisition
Additional information
Ticket
References
Credit

Weight (g)

4.29

Axis

Diameter (mm)

22.8

Acquisition method

bequest

Acquisition collection reference

Roman Imperial AE III 1057

Acquisition date

1834

Source

Francis Douce

Acquisition credit

Bequeathed by Francis Douce, 1834.

imitation?

Mint-mark (reverse)

-/-//XXIΔ

Issue

Third Series

Reference

RIC V.1 (first edition) : 93 corr. var.

Note:

Obverse inscription is IMP C M L TACITVS AVG, not IMP C M CL TACITVS AVG: engraver error or contemporary imitation?; Reverse figure is standing left, not seated left

Reference

CHRB XIII : cf. Gloucester 695

Note:

Obverse inscription is IMP C M L TACITVS AVG, not IMP C M CL TACITVS AVG: engraver error or contemporary imitation?

Reference

MER RIC : cf. https://ric.mom.fr/en/coin/3548

Note:

Obverse inscription is IMP C M L TACITVS AVG, not IMP C M CL TACITVS AVG: engraver error or contemporary imitation?

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