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ID number: BIRBI-R2073 Object type: Coin
Institution: The Barber Institute of Fine Arts Named collection: G. Haines Collection Collector: Haines, Geoffrey Maker: Tacitus; Tripoli Denomination: Antoninianus Place made: Lebanon, Tripoli Culture: Roman Date made: 275-276 Metal: Base metal Diameter (cm): 2.20 Weight (g): 4.62 Axis (degrees): 180.00 Provenance: Haines 2901. Rev. Sydenham Collection Sale, A. H. Baldwin, 1953. |
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Description: Obverse: Head of Tacitus, wearing radiate crown and beard, draped and cuirassed, facing r. Reverse: Emperor, in military attire, standing facing r., holding sceptre in l. and receiving globe in r. from Jupiter, naked but cloaked, standing facing l., holding globe in r. and sceptre in l.; * in field, to bottom.
Inscriptions: Obverse: IMP C M CL TACITVS AVC (Imperator Caesar Marcus Claudius Tacitus Augustus). Reverse: CLEMENTIA T-EMP. (Time of Peace and Calm). In Exergue: KA
Bibliography: RIC V 213
Notes: In accordance with RIC, the KA in the exergue of the reverse and the * in the field of the reverse are mintmarks (officina) indicating Tripolis.
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