Details
LOT 3035
Tacitus BI Antoninianus. AD 275-276.
Serdica mint; struck AD 276. 3rd officina. IMP C M CL TACITVS AVG, radiate, draped and cuirassed bust to right / PROVIDEN D-EOR, Fides standing to right, with two standards, facing Sol standing to left, with globe and hand raised; KA•Γ• in exergue. RIC V online 3941. Very Fine.(3.94gr, 23mm, 12h.).
Provenance
Property of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman.
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