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LOT 3727
Tacitus BI Antoninianus. Struck January AD 276. Lugdunum mint.
IMP CL TACITVS AVG, radiate, draped and cuirassed bust to right / SPES PVBLICA, Spes advancing to left, holding flower in her right hand and raising skirt with her left; C A below. RIC 61; Bastien 64; CBN 1449-53; RIC V online 3289. Very Fine.(3.69gr, 24mm, 7h.).
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Property of a London, UK, private collector.
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