Antoninianus - Tacitus SALVS AVG; 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# 291793
References	RIC V.1# 158 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.158 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 CL TACITVS AVG

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

Reverse

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

Script: Latin

Lettering:
SALVS AVG
-/-//T

Translation:
Salus Augusti.
Health of the emperor (Augustus).

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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