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Numismatics

ID number:  BIRBI-R2060
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:  Silver and base metal
Diameter (cm):  2.45
Weight (g):  3.95
Axis (degrees):  180.00
Provenance:  Haines 399. W. S. Lincoln, 1923.
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Description:  Obverse: Head of Tacitus, wearing radiate crown and beard, draped and cuirassed, facing r. Reverse: Felicitias, draped, standing facing l., holding caduceus in r. and cornucopia in l.; A and * in field, to l. and r. respectively.

Inscriptions:  Obverse: IMP CL TACITVS AVG (Imperator Claudius Tacitus Augustus). Reverse: TEMPORVM FELICITAS (Time of Good Fortune).

Bibliography:  RIC V 65

Notes:  In accordance with RIC, the A and * in the field of the reverse are mintmarks (officina) indicating Gaul.

3 Related People

Gaul
Roman;Frankish


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Haines, Geoffrey Colton
British
1899
1981-09-14
Tacitus
Roman
200
276
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