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Numismatics

ID number:  BIRBI-R2056
Object type:  Coin
Institution:  The Barber Institute of Fine Arts
Named collection:  G. Haines Collection
Collector:  Haines, Geoffrey
Maker:  Tacitus; Gaul
Denomination:  Antoninianus
Place made:  Europe: France
Culture:  Roman
Date made:  275-276
Metal:  Base metal
Diameter (cm):  2.30
Weight (g):  4.02
Axis (degrees):  45.00
Provenance:  Haines 1510. W. S. Lincoln, 1932.
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Description:  Obverse: Head of Tacitus, wearing radiate crown and beard, draped and cuirassed, facing r. Reverse: Providentia, draped, standing facing l., holding baton in r. and cornucopia in l.; globe at feet, to l.

Inscriptions:  Obverse: IMP C CL TACITVS AVG (Imperator Caesar Claudius Tacitus Augustus). Reverse: PROVI-D DEOR (Providence of the Gods).

Bibliography:  RIC V 49

3 Related People

Tacitus
Roman
200
276
Haines_Geoffrey-T.jpg
Haines, Geoffrey Colton
British
1899
1981-09-14
Gaul
Roman;Frankish


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