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Aureus - Tacitus ROMAE AETERNAE; Roma

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Issuer RomeRoman 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#
291811
References RIC V.1# 176
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.176
Online Coins of the Roman Empire (http://numismatics.org/ocre/)

Obverse

Bust of Tacitus, radiate, 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

Roma, helmeted, draped, seated left, holding globe in right hand and spear in left hand; beside her, shield.

Script: Latin

Lettering: ROMAE AETERNAE

Translation:
Romae Aeternae.
Everlasting Rome.

Mint

Siscia, modern-day Sisak, Croatia

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Date VG F VF XF AU UNC
ND (275-276) 

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