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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;maridvnvm, post: 4845937, member: 31620&quot;]i have recently lost my direction again and after missing out on a whole host of coins I was interested at a recent auction went and bought a batch of coins that are not core to my collection. I really must stop doing that.</p><p><br /></p><p>I have been researching one of them and it turns out that it could be quite a scarce one. </p><p><br /></p><p><b>Tacitus Antoninianus</b></p><p><b><br /></b></p><p>Obv:– M CL TACITVS AVG, Radiate, draped and cuirassed bust right</p><p>Rev:– CLEMENTIA TEMP, Mars in military dress standing left, holding olive branch in right hand, spear and shield which rests on ground in left hand..</p><p>Minted in Cyzicus (//S). Issue 1, Officina 2. November – December A.D. 275</p><p>Reference(s) – Cohen -. LV -. RIC -. BNC p.404. RIC temp #3879 (1 example cited) </p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://www.forumancientcoins.com/gallery/albums/userpics/10618/RI_130bs_img.JPG" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /> </p><p><br /></p><p>In fact there appears to only be one example on MER RIC.</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://www.ric.mom.fr/en/coin/3879" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.ric.mom.fr/en/coin/3879" rel="nofollow">http://www.ric.mom.fr/en/coin/3879</a></p><p><br /></p><p><img src="http://www.ric.mom.fr/en/coinsrc?src=large.1908100759o.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /> <img src="http://www.ric.mom.fr/en/coinsrc?src=large.1908100759r.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /> </p><p><br /></p><p>My initial reaction was - &quot;Oh great. They appear to be a double die match!&quot; but then I looked at the details and they have the same flan shape and wear pattern. The MER RIC example if from a private collection and so it could be that it has been sold and made it&#039;s way through to my collection.</p><p><br /></p><p>What do you think? The same coin?[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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