RIC temp #3920

Temp №: 3920
Reign Tacitus
Person Tacitus
Mint Serdica
Issue 3
Issue name
Datation early – June 276
Denomination Aurei
obverse reverse
Obverse coin Revers coin
Titulature M CL TACITVS P F AVG Legend ROMAE AETERNAE
Obverse mark Reverse mark –/–//SC
Bust code L2l* Reverse code Roma 2c
Bust description Bust left, laureate, nude with cross-belt, seen from rear, holding spear pointing forward in right hand, aegis on left shoulder Reverse description Roma std. l., shield leaning against throne, holding Victory in r. hand and long sceptre in l. hand.

Note Phobos-head (at l., seen in profile) and Medusa-head (at r., facing) on aegis.
Reference Est. 95
RIC1st 76 corr.

Specimens of this coin type
Location Reference Quantity Weight Axis Remark
Brussels (Du Chastel collection, 783) Estiot 1999/2, 95a = de Chastel 783 = Rollin & Feuardent, Montagu collection, 20/V/1896, 687 = Rollin Feuardent, Ponton d'Amécourt collection, 25/IV/1887, 565 1 4.84 12 photo
Estiot 1999/2, 95b = Hirsch 29, 9/XI/1910, 1276 = Jameson 291 1 4.20 Found in O'Szöny, Hungary