RIC temp #3401

Temp №: 3401
Reign Tacitus
Person Tacitus
Mint Ticinum
Issue 2
Issue name
Datation early – June 276
Officina 1
Denomination Aureliani
obverse reverse
Obverse coin Revers coin
Titulature IMP C M CL TACITVS AVG Legend VICTORIA GOTTHI
Obverse mark Reverse mark –/–//P
Bust code B1l Reverse code Victory 1
Bust description Bust left, radiate, cuirassed Reverse description Victory stg. l., holding wreath in r. hand and palm against l. shoulder.

Note Sometimes, Medusa-head on cuirass (LV 1561, V, L)
All recorded coins are struck from two obverse dies: the first without Medusa-head on cuirass, the second with Medusa-head: this last obverse die has been used to strike coins R/ VICTORIA AVG -/-//P 3398.
Reference LV 1560
RIC1st 172
Specimens of this coin type
Location Reference Quantity Weight Axis Remark
London (1928 3-4-345) 1 3.38 12 photo
London (1962 12-12-589) Gloucester 726 1 4.14 6 Medusa-head on cuirass photo
Vienna (54181, von Kolb) 1 3.21 12 Medusa-head on cuirass. photo
Vienna (54182, von Kolb) 1 2.71 12 photo
Verona (La Venèra) LV 1560 1 4.14 7 photo
Verona (La Venèra) LV 1561 1 3.32 8 Medusa-head on cuirass. photo
D. Compas collection 1 4.03 12 photo
Elsen, 87, 11/III/2006, 1585 1 3.16 photo
L PhotoFile (P. Munro Walker 1984) 1 3.46 6
Lanz, 146, 25/V/2009, 603 1 4.64 Medusa-head on cuirass photo