RIC temp #3359

Temp №: 3359
Reign Tacitus
Person Tacitus
Mint Ticinum
Issue 1
Issue name
Datation November – December 275
Denomination Aurei
obverse reverse
Obverse coin Revers coin
Titulature IMP C M CL TACITVS AVG Legend VICTORIA AVG
Obverse mark Reverse mark –/–//–
Bust code D1* Reverse code Victory 1
Bust description Bust right, laureate, cuirassed and draped with paludamentum Reverse description Victory stg. l., holding wreath in r. hand and palm against l. shoulder.

Note The coin in V and the coin NAC 64, 1268 share the same pair of dies. Their reverse die has been used later, during issue 2, for the minting of denarii 3390.
Reference Est. 18-9
RIC1st 66 corr.
Specimens of this coin type
Location Reference Quantity Weight Axis Remark
Vienna (37045) Estiot 1999/2, 19a = Bachofen von Echt, 2231 1 4.68 10 photo
NAC 64, 17/V/2012, 1268 1 4.49 photo
Stockholm Estiot 1999/2, 18c 1 4.45 9 photo
Tübingen Estiot 1999/2, 18d 1 Pierced at 12 o'clock. photo
Estiot 1999/2, 18a = Rollin Feuardent, Ponton d’Amécourt collection, 25/IV/1887, 568 = Ars Classica, 3 (Evans collection), 16/VI/1922, 137 = Ars Classica, 12, 18-23/X/1926, 3008 = Hess, 18/XII/1933, 956 = Biaggi collection 1607= NAC, 46, 2/IV/2008, 666 1 5.23 12 photo
Estiot 1999/2, 18b = Santamaria 16, Rome, 24/I/1938, 837 1 4.55