RIC temp #3854

Temp №: 3854
Reign Tacitus
Person Tacitus
Mint Siscia
Issue 5
Issue name
Datation June 276 (?)
Denomination Medallions (36-40 mm)
obverse reverse
Obverse coin Revers coin
Titulature DOM INV PRINCI PIO AVG Legend RESTITVTOR·SAECVLI
Obverse mark Reverse mark –/–//VOT·X
Bust code K4l* Reverse code Emperor 18
Bust description Bust left, laureate, in consular dress, holding eagle-tipped sceptre in right hand Reverse description Emperor in military dress stg. r., holding spear in l. hand, presenting with r. hand a turreted female figure (Asia?) kneeling r. to another turreted female figure (Oikoumene?) std. l. on rock; in the background, Virtus stg. r. holding spear in r. hand facing Roma stg. l. holding spear in r. hand.

Note The portrait on this 'anonymous' medallion is Tacitus's.
The reverse die has been reused by Florianus 4261.
Reference BNC p.377

Specimens of this coin type
Location Reference Quantity Weight Axis Remark
Pegan 1982 = here, pictures of the cast in Vienna 1 photo