Aureus - Tacitus VICTORIA AVG; Victory
Features
| Issuer |
Rome ›
Roman Empire (27 BC - 395 AD)
 |
|---|---|
| Emperor |
Tacitus (Marcus Claudius Tacitus) (275-276)
|
| Type | Standard circulation coins |
| Years | 275-276 |
| Value | Aureus (25⁄2) |
| Currency | Antoninianus, Reform of Caracalla (AD 215 – 301) |
| Composition | Gold |
| Shape | Round (irregular) |
| Technique | Hammered |
| Demonetized | Yes |
| Number | N# 291754 |
| References | RIC V.1# 119 Percy H. Webb, Harold Mattingly, Edward Allen Sydenham; 1927. The Roman Imperial Coinage / Volume 5.1. Valerian to Florian (AD 253–276). Spink & Son, London, United Kingdom. , OCRE# ric.5.tac.119Online Coins of the Roman Empire (http://numismatics.org/ocre/) |
Obverse
Bust of Tacitus, laureate, cuirassed, left, holding spear in right hand and shield in left hand.
Script: Latin
Lettering: IMP C M CL TACITVS FE AVG
Translation:
Imperator, Caesar Marcus Claudius Tacitus Felix Augustus.
Supreme commander (Imperator), Caesar Marcus Claudius Tacitus, the fortunate, emperor (Augustus).
Reverse
Victory, winged, draped, standing left, holding wreath in right hand and palm in left hand.
Script: Latin
Lettering:
VICTORIA AVG
-/-//TI
Translation:
Victoria Augusti.
Victory of the emperor (Augustus).
Mint
Ticinum, modern-day Pavia, ItalyComments
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| Date | VG | F | VF | XF | AU | UNC | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Undetermined | |||||||||||||||
| ND (275-276) | "TI" in exergue; | ||||||||||||||
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