RIC temp #3237

Temp №: 3237
Reign Tacitus
Person Tacitus
Mint Lyon
Issue 1
Issue name
Datation October – November 275
Denomination Aurei
obverse reverse
Obverse coin Revers coin
Titulature IMP C M CL TACITVS AVG Legend PROVIDENTIA DEORVM
Obverse mark Reverse mark –/–//–
Bust code G1l* (w/o point) Reverse code Providentia 2
Bust description Bust left, laureate, cuirassed, holding spear without visible point over right shoulder, shield on left shoulder Reverse description Providentia stg. l., holding baton in r. hand and cornucopiae in l. hand; at feet to l., globe.

Note On the shield, she-wolf stg. l., suckling the infant Romulus and Remus.
Reference Bast. 15

Specimens of this coin type
Location Reference Quantity Weight Axis Remark
Paris (stolen in 1831) H. Cohen, Liste des médaillons et des médailles d'or qui ont été volés en 1831, ms. in Paris, 638 = Bast. P.138, n.6 1
Berlin Bast. 15a = Estiot 1999/2, 13a corr. 1 4.09 6 Plugged hole photo