Antoninianus - Tacitus PROVIDEN DEOR; 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	Antoninianus (1)
Currency	Antoninianus, Reform of Caracalla (AD 215 – 301)
Composition	Silver
Shape	Round (irregular)
Technique	Hammered
Demonetized	Yes
Number	N# 291832
References	RIC V.1# 197 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.197 Online Coins of the Roman Empire (http://numismatics.org/ocre/)

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Obverse

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

Script: Latin

Lettering: IMP C TACITVS INVICTVS AVG

Translation:
Imperator, Caesar Tacitus Invictus Augustus.
Supreme commander (Imperator), Caesar Tacitus the undefeated, emperor (Augustus).

Reverse

Providentia, draped, standing right, holding ensign in each hand, facing Sol, standing left, raising right hand and holding globe in left hand.

Scripts: Latin, Greek

Lettering:
PROVIDEN DEOR
-/-//KAΔ

Translation:
Providentia Deorum.
Foresight of the gods.

Mint

Serdica, Thrace, modern-day Sophia, Bulgaria

Comments

Source:
Online Coins of the Roman Empire (OCRE)

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Date					VG	F	VF	XF	AU	UNC
Undetermined
ND (275-276)												"*" in left field; "KA•Γ" in exergue;
ND (275-276)												"KAΔ" in exergue;

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