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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Sulla80, post: 4405375, member: 99456&quot;]Tacitus was about 75 years old when he was selected emperor in AD 25-Sept-275 - ruled for about a year and a half and died in Cappadocia in the Spring of 276:</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1106776[/ATTACH]</p><p><b>Tacitus</b>, 275-276 AD, Antoninianus, Lugdunum mint, struck November-December 275 AD</p><p><b>Obv:</b> IMP C CL TACITVS AVG, radiate, draped and cuirassed bust right</p><p><b>Rev:</b> PAX PVBLICA, Pax standing left, holding branch in right hand, transverse scepter in left</p><p><b>Ref:</b> RIC V 45</p><p>Although it looks like there is no A - with a careful look - it seems the A might have been clogged, but present.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1106839[/ATTACH]</p><p>Florianus succeeded him, but didn&#039;t last long - his own troops murdered him after only 2-3 months - before Probus took over:[ATTACH=full]1106822[/ATTACH]</p><p><b>Florianus</b>, AD 276, Cyzicus, Antoninianus</p><p><b>Obv:</b> IMP FLORIANVS AVG, bust right, radiate, cuirassed and draped with paludamentum</p><p><b>Rev:</b> CONCORDIA MILITVM, Victory standing right, holding wreath in right hand and palm against left shoulder, facing Emperor in military dress standing left, right hand outstretched and holding long scepter in left hand; P in exergue.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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