Aureus - Tacitus P M TR POT COS DES II, Providentia

Issuer Roman Empire (27 BC - 395 AD)
Year 275-276
Type Standard circulation coin
Value Aureus (25⁄2)
Currency Antoninianus, Reform of Caracalla (AD 215 – 301)
Composition Gold
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Shape Round (irregular)
Technique Hammered
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Reference(s) RIC V.1#1, OCRE#ric.5.tac.1
Obverse description Bust of Tacitus, laureate, draped, right.
Obverse script Latin
Obverse lettering IMP CL TACITVS AVG
(Translation: Imperator, Claudius Tacitus Augustus. Supreme commander (Imperator), Claudius Tacitus, emperor (Augustus).)
Reverse description Providentia, draped, standing left, holding corn-ears in right hand and cornucopiae in left hand.
Reverse script Latin
Reverse lettering P M TR POT COS DES II
(Translation: Pontifex Maximus, Tribunicia Potestate, Consul Designatus Secundum. High priest, holder of tribunician power, consul elect for the second time.)
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Mintage ND (275-276) - -
Numisquare ID 8886928560
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