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ID number:  BIRBI-R2059
Object type:  Coin
Institution:  The Barber Institute of Fine Arts
Named collection:  G. Haines Collection
Collector:  Haines, Geoffrey; Webb, Percy H.
Maker:  Tacitus; Gaul
Denomination:  Antoninianus
Place made:  Europe: France
Culture:  Roman
Date made:  275-276
Metal:  Billon
Diameter (cm):  2.25
Weight (g):  3.17
Axis (degrees):  180.00
Provenance:  Haines 705. Presented by Mr. Percy H. Webb, 1924.
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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.

Inscriptions:  Obverse: IMP CL TΛCITVS AVG (Imperator Claudius Tacitus Augustus). Reverse: SPES PVBLICA (The Hope of the Public). In Exergue: CA

Bibliography:  RIC V 61

Notes:  In accordance with RIC, the CA in the exergue of the reverse are mintmarks indicating Gaul.

4 Related People

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


Webb, Percy H.
British
1856
04 March 1937
Tacitus
Roman
200
276
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