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Antoninianus - Tacitus SALVS PVBLI; Salus

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Issuer RomeRoman Empire (27 BC - 395 AD)
Emperor Tacitus (Marcus Claudius Tacitus) (275-276)
Type Standard circulation coins
Year 276
Value Antoninianus (1)
Currency Antoninianus, Reform of Caracalla (AD 215 – 301)
Composition Silver
Shape Round (irregular)
Technique Hammered
Demonetized Yes
Number
N#
291756
References RIC V.1# 121
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.121
Online Coins of the Roman Empire (http://numismatics.org/ocre/)

Obverse

Bust of Tacitus, radiate, left, wearing imperial mantle, holding sceptre surmounted by eagle.

Script: Latin

Lettering: IMP C M CL TACITVS P AVG COS III

Translation:
Imperator, Caesar Marcus Claudius Tacitus Pius Augustus, Consul Tertium.
Supreme commander (Imperator), Caesar Marcus Claudius Tacitus, the pious, emperor (Augustus), consul for the third time.

Reverse

Salus, draped, standing right, feeding serpent held in arms.

Script: Latin

Lettering:
SALVS PVBLI
-/-//T

Translation:
Salus Publica.
Public health.

Mint

Ticinum, modern-day Pavia, Italy

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