RIC temp #3239

Temp №: 3239
Reign Tacitus
Person Tacitus
Mint Lyon
Issue 1
Issue name
Datation October – November 275
Denomination Aurei
obverse reverse
Obverse coin Revers coin
Titulature IMP CL TACITVS AVG Legend ROMAE AETERNAE
Obverse mark Reverse mark –/–//–
Bust code G1l* (w/o point) Reverse code Roma 1a
Bust description Bust left, laureate, cuirassed, holding spear without visible point over right shoulder, shield on left shoulder Reverse description Roma std. l., shield leaning against throne, holding globe in r. hand and long sceptre in l. hand.

Note Medusa-head on shield.
Reference Bast. 12
RIC1st 10

Specimens of this coin type
Location Reference Quantity Weight Axis Remark
London (1867 1-1-857) Bast. 12a = Estiot 1999/2, 6a 1 4.66 1 photo
Baldwin, M & M Numismatics, Markov, The New-York sale, XIV, 10/I/2007, 390 1 4.92 12 False: a modern forgery made by cast of the coin in L. photo