Tacitus. AD 275-276. Antoninianus (22mm, 4.03 g, 6h). Dated consular issue. Ticinum mint, 3rd officina. 2nd emission, early-June AD 276.

CNG Feature Auction 115
Lot: 709. Estimated: $ 500

Roman Imperial, Silver

Sold For $ 800. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

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Tacitus. AD 275-276. Antoninianus (22mm, 4.03 g, 6h). Dated consular issue. Ticinum mint, 3rd officina. 2nd emission, early-June AD 276. IMP C M CL TACITVS P AVG P M TR P COS III, radiate bust left, wearing imperial mantle, holding eagle-tipped scepter / SALVS PVBLI, Salus standing right, feeding serpent held in right hand from patera held in left hand; T. RIC V Online 3425; RIC V 121 (same dies as illustration); BN pl. 91, 364 (same dies); Hauck & Aufhäuser 18, lot 553 (same dies; hammer €650). Dark gray patina, minor deposits, cleaning/smoothing marks, light roughness. Near EF. Very rare.

From the El Medina Collection. Ex Spink Numismatic Circular CII.8 (October 1994), no. 6323 (“Very rare”).


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