RIC temp #3516

Temp №: 3516
Reign Tacitus
Person Tacitus
Mint Rome
Issue 2
Issue name
Datation November – December 275
Denomination Quinarii
obverse reverse
Obverse coin Revers coin
Titulature IMP C M CL TACITVS AVG Legend PROVIDENTIA AVG
Obverse mark Reverse mark –/–//–
Bust code D1* Reverse code Providentia 2b
Bust description Bust right, laureate, cuirassed and draped with paludamentum Reverse description Providentia stg. l., holding baton in r. hand and long sceptre in l. hand; at feet to l., globe

Note King 4 (King 4c = Turin is a denarius, not a quinarius).
Reference BNC p.310
RIC1st 102 corr.

Specimens of this coin type
Location Reference Quantity Weight Axis Remark
London (1928 3-4-328) King 4b = BNC pl.89, 335 1 1.43 5 photo
Copenhagen (Ramus 5) King 4a = Gnecchi, III, p 66, 16, pl. 156, 18 (and not pl. 156, 17 as mentioned in Gnecchi's catalogue p. 66) 1 1.87 5 photo
King 4d = Hamburger, 19/X/1925, 1538 1
King 4e = Sangiorgi, 18/XI/1907, 2833 1