Aureus - Tacitus ROMAE AETERNAE; Roma
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 | 4.9 g |
| Shape | Round (irregular) |
| Technique | Hammered |
| Demonetized | Yes |
| Number | N# 291751 |
| References | RIC V.1# 116 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.116Online Coins of the Roman Empire (http://numismatics.org/ocre/) |
Obverse
Bust of Tacitus, laureate, draped, right or bust of Tacitus, laureate, draped, cuirassed, right.
Script: Latin
Lettering: IMP C M CL TACITVS AVG
Translation:
Imperator Caesar Marcus Claudius Tacitus Augustus.
Supreme commander (Imperator), Caesar Marcus Claudius Tacitus, emperor (Augustus).
Reverse
Roma, helmeted, draped, seated left on shield, holding globe in right hand and spear in left hand.
Script: Latin
Lettering: ROMAE AETERNAE
Translation:
Romae Aeternae.
Everlasting Rome.
Mint
Ticinum, modern-day Pavia, ItalyComments
Example of this type:
Trustees of the British Museum
Source:
Online Coins of the Roman Empire (OCRE)
Trustees of the British Museum
Source:
Online Coins of the Roman Empire (OCRE)
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| Date | VG | F | VF | XF | AU | UNC | |||||||||
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| ND (275-276) | |||||||||||||||
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