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LOT 3336
Tacitus BI Antoninianus. AD 275-276.
Lugdunum mint; struck AD March-April 276. 4th officina. IMP CL TACITVS AVG, radiate, draped and cuirassed bust to right / TEMPORVM FELICITAS, Felicitas standing to left, holding long caduceus and cornucopia; Δ A across fields. RIC V.1 65; MER-RIC 3314 (temporary). Near Extremely Fine. Much original silvering remaining.(3.84gr, 23mm, 6h.).
Provenance
Ex Den of Antiquity, Cambridgeshire, UK.
Property of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman.
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