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LOT 3333
Tacitus BI Antoninianus. AD 275-276.
Lugdunum mint; struck AD 276. IMP CL TACITVS AVG, radiate, draped and cuirassed bust to right / SPES PVBLICA, Spes walking to left, holding flower and raising skirt; CA in exergue. RIC V.1 61 (Gaul); MER-RIC 3289 (temporary). Very Fine.(3.30gr, 22mm, 12h.).
Provenance
From a private, UK, collection in the 1980s.
Property of a London, UK, antiquarian.
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