Antoninianus - Tacitus FELICITAS SAECVLI; Felicitas

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
Weight	2.9 g
Diameter	23 mm
Shape	Round (irregular)
Technique	Hammered
Demonetized	Yes
Number	N# 291819
References	RIC V.1# 184 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.184 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 CLA TACITVS AVG

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

Reverse

Felicitas, draped, standing left by altar, holding patera in right hand and caduceus in left hand.

Script: Latin

Lettering:
FELICITAS SAECVLI
-/-//XXIV

Translation:
Felicitas Saeculi.
Fortune of the ages.

Mint

Siscia, modern-day Sisak, Croatia

Comments

Source:
Online Coins of the Roman Empire (OCRE)

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

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