Aureus - Tacitus ROMAE AETERNAE; Roma

Features

Issuer	Rome › Roman Empire (27 BC - 395 AD)
Emperor	Tacitus (Marcus Claudius Tacitus) (275-276)
Type	Standard circulation coins
Years	275-276
Value	Aureus (25⁄2)
Currency	Antoninianus, Reform of Caracalla (AD 215 – 301)
Composition	Gold
Shape	Round (irregular)
Technique	Hammered
Demonetized	Yes
Number	N# 291844
References	RIC V.1# 209 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.209 Online Coins of the Roman Empire (http://numismatics.org/ocre/)

Obverse

Bust of Tacitus, laureate, draped, 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

Roma, helmeted, draped, seated left on shield, holding Victory on globe in right hand and sceptre in left hand.

Script: Latin

Lettering:
ROMAE AETERNAE
-/-//SC

Translation:
Romae Aeternae.
Everlasting Rome.

Mint

Antiocheia ad Pisidia, Pisidia, Turkey

Comments

Source:
Online Coins of the Roman Empire (OCRE)

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

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