RIC temp #3247

Temp №: 3247
Reign Tacitus
Person Tacitus
Mint Lyon
Issue 1
Issue name
Datation November – December 275
Denomination Aureliani
obverse reverse
Obverse coin Revers coin
Titulature IMP C M CL TACITVS AVG Legend AEQVITAS AVG
Obverse mark Reverse mark –/–//–
Bust code G1l (w/o point) Reverse code Aequitas 1
Bust description Bust left, radiate, cuirassed, holding spear without visible point over right shoulder, shield on left shoulder Reverse description Aequitas stg. l., holding scales in r. hand and cornucopiae in l. hand.

Note Medusa-head on shield.
A coin in V (= Bast. 18e) reads AEQVITVS AVG - an engraver's error.
Reference Bast. 18
RIC1st 13
Specimens of this coin type
Location Reference Quantity Weight Axis Remark
London (1928 3-4-331) Bast. 18b 1 3.75 6 photo
Vienna (21733) 1 3.84 12 photo
Vienna (54422, von Kolb) Bast. 18c 1 3.96 6 photo
Vienna (54423, von Kolb) 1 3.56 6 photo
Vienna (54424, von Kolb) Bast. 18d 1 3.57 6 photo
Vienna (54425, von Kolb) Bast. 18e 1 3.68 1 AEQVITVS AVG photo
P.-F. Jacquier collection = Crédit Suisse, 2, 27-28/IV/1984, 584 1 12 photo
Bast. 18a = L. Chaurand collection 1 4.27 6
Private collection 1 4.39 6 photo