RIC temp #3919

Temp №: 3919
Reign Tacitus
Person Tacitus
Mint Serdica
Issue 3
Issue name
Datation early – June 276
Denomination Aurei
obverse reverse
Obverse coin Revers coin
Titulature M CL TACITVS P F AVG Legend ROMAE AETERNAE
Obverse mark Reverse mark –/–//SC
Bust code L2l* Reverse code Roma 2b
Bust description Bust left, laureate, nude with cross-belt, seen from rear, holding spear pointing forward in right hand, aegis on left shoulder Reverse description Roma std l., shield leaning against throne, holding Victory on globe in r. hand and spear in l. hand.

Note Phobos-head (at l., seen in profile) and Medusa-head (at r., facing) on aegis.
Münz Zentrum 3, 28-9/VI/2002, 363 (3.30 g) is a coin in billon of the same description; its style is weird - a denarius on dies of aurei or an ancient imitation?
Reference Est. 96
RIC1st 76 corr.

Specimens of this coin type
Location Reference Quantity Weight Axis Remark
Copenhagen (Ramus 57b) Estiot 1999/2, 96b = Delbrueck cast 1 4.37 6 Pierced at 12 o'clock. photo
Estiot 1999/2, 96a = MM 35, 16-17/VI/1967, 118 = MM 52, 19-20/VI/1975, 118 1 4.83
Münz Zentrum, III, 28-9/VI/2002, 363 1 3.30