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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.
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