Antoninianus - Tacitus SALVS PVBLICA; Salus

Features

Issuer	Rome › Roman Empire (27 BC - 395 AD)
Emperor	Tacitus (Marcus Claudius Tacitus) (275-276)
Type	Standard circulation coins
Years	275-276
Value	Antoninianus (1)
Currency	Antoninianus, Reform of Caracalla (AD 215 – 301)
Composition	Silver
Shape	Round (irregular)
Technique	Hammered
Demonetized	Yes
Number	N# 291796
References	RIC V.1# 161 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.161 Online Coins of the Roman Empire (http://numismatics.org/ocre/)

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Obverse

Bust of Tacitus, radiate, draped, cuirassed, right.

Script: Latin

Lettering: IMP C M CL TACITVS P AVG

Translation:
Imperator, Caesar Marcus Claudius Tacitus Pius Augustus.
Supreme commander (Imperator), Caesar Marcus Claudius Tacitus, the pious, emperor (Augustus).

Reverse

Salus, draped, standing right, feeding out of patera held in left hand serpent held in arms.

Script: Latin

Lettering:
SALVS PVBLICA
-/-//T

Translation:
Salus Publica.
Public health.

Mint

Ticinum, modern-day Pavia, Italy

Comments

Source:
Online Coins of the Roman Empire (OCRE)

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Date					VG	F	VF	XF	AU	UNC
Undetermined
ND (275-276)												"T" in exergue;

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