Details
LOT 3034
Tacitus BI Antoninianus. AD 275-276.
Lugdunum mint; struck AD 276. 3rd officina. IMP CL TACITVS AVG, radiate, draped and cuirassed bust to right / SALVS AVG, Salus standing to right, feeding snake held in right hand from patera held in left hand; C and star across fields. RIC online 3338. Good Very Fine.(3.49gr, 24mm, 7h.).
Provenance
Property of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman.
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