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ID number: BIRBI-R2055 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): 2.25 Weight (g): 3.21 Axis (degrees): 45.00 Provenance: Haines 1471. 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 M CL TACITVS P F AVG (Imperator Caesar Marcus Claudius Tacitus Pius Felix Augustus). Reverse: PROVI-D DEOR (Providence of the Gods).
Bibliography: RIC V 48
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