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Numismatics

ID number:  BIRBI-R2058
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:  Billon
Diameter (cm):  2.30
Weight (g):  3.83
Axis (degrees):  135.00
Provenance:  Haines 1778. A. H. Baldwin, 1933.
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Description:  Obverse: Head of Tacitus, wearing radiate crown and beard, draped and cuirassed, facing r. Reverse: Spes, draped, walking facing l., holding flower in r. and raising robe with l.; * in field, to r.

Inscriptions:  Obverse: IMP C M CL TACITVS P F HVG (Imperator Caesar Marcus Claudius Tacitus Pius Felix Augustus). Reverse: 5PES PVELI-CA (The Hope of the Public). In Exergue: III

Bibliography:  RIC V 60

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

3 Related People

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


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