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ID number: BIRBI-R2063 Object type: Coin
Institution: The Barber Institute of Fine Arts Named collection: G. Haines Collection Collector: Haines, Geoffrey Maker: Tacitus; Rome Denomination: Antoninianus Place made: Europe: Italy, Rome Culture: Roman Date made: 275-276 Metal: Billon Diameter (cm): 2.20 Weight (g): 3.45 Axis (degrees): 315.00 Provenance: Haines 1470. 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: IND C M CL TACITVS HVG (Imperator Caesar Marcus Claudius Tacitus Augustus). Reverse: PROVIDENTIH HVG (Foresight of the Emperor). In Exergue: XXIH
Bibliography: RIC V 92
Notes: In accordance with RIC, the XXI[A] in the exergue of the reverse are mintmarks indicating Rome.
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