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
Weight	2.4 g
Shape	Round (irregular)
Technique	Hammered
Demonetized	Yes
Number	N# 291824
References	RIC V.1# 189 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.189 Online Coins of the Roman Empire (http://numismatics.org/ocre/)

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Obverse

Bust of Tacitus, radiate, draped, cuirassed, right or bust of Tacitus, radiate, 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

Salus, draped, standing left, feeding out of patera in right hand serpent rising from altar.

Script: Latin

Lettering:
SALVS AVG
-/P//XXI

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

Mint

Siscia, modern-day Sisak, Croatia

Comments

Example of this type:
Institute of Classics/University of Graz

Source:
Online Coins of the Roman Empire (OCRE)

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Date					VG	F	VF	XF	AU	UNC
Undetermined
ND (275-276)												"P" in right field; "XXI" in exergue;

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