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Antoninianus - Tacitus PROVIDEN DEOR; Providentia

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Issuer RomeRoman 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#
291833
References RIC V.1# 198
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.198
Online Coins of the Roman Empire (http://numismatics.org/ocre/)

Obverse

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

Providentia, draped, standing right, holding ensign, 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

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ND (275-276)  "*" in left field; "KAΔ" in exergue;

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