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LOT 3037
Tacitus BI Antoninianus. AD 275-276.
Lugdunum mint; struck May-June AD 276. 3rd officina. IMP CL TACITVS AVG, radiate, draped, and cuirassed bust to right / SALVS AVG, Salus standing facing, head to right, feeding serpent in arms. C-star across fields. RIC V.1 58; MER-RIC 3338. Extremely Fine.(3.52gr, 22mm, 12h.).
Provenance
Property of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman.
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