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RIC 210 of Tacitus

Tacitus Silvered AE Antoninianus. Antioch mint. IMP C M CL TACITVS AVG, radiate, draped & cuirassed bust right / CLEMENTIA AVG, Tacitus receiving globe from Jupiter, A between, XXI in ex. Cohen 20.

Lot No.1190. VF with nearly intact silvering.

$ 90.

Tacitus (275-276 AD) was a 75 year old senator when the Senate elected him emperor. He defeated the Goths in Asia Minor, but age caught up with him soon afterward and he died, leaving us a relatively limited number of coins of his reign.