Aureus - Tacitus PROVIDENTIA DEORVM; Providentia

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
Weight	4.7 g
Shape	Round (irregular)
Technique	Hammered
Demonetized	Yes
Number	N# 291644
References	RIC V.1# 9 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.9 Online Coins of the Roman Empire (http://numismatics.org/ocre/)

Obverse

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

Script: Latin

Lettering: IMP CL TACITVS AVG

Translation:
Imperator, Claudius Tacitus Augustus.
Supreme commander (Imperator), Claudius Tacitus, emperor (Augustus).

Reverse

Providentia, draped, standing left, holding baton in right hand and cornucopiae in left hand; at her feet, globe.

Script: Latin

Lettering: PROVIDENTIA DEORVM

Translation:
Providentia Deorum.
Providence of the gods.

Comments

Example of this type:
Trustees of the British Museum

Source:
Online Coins of the Roman Empire (OCRE)

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Date					VG	F	VF	XF	AU	UNC
Undetermined
ND (275-276)

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