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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Ken Dorney, post: 2790185, member: 76086&quot;]A bit out of focus, but just a quick shot to give you the idea:</p><p><br /></p><p>Tacitus, 275 - 276 AD</p><p>AE Antoninianus, Ticinum Mint</p><p>Obv:&nbsp; IMP C M CL TACITVS PF AVG VIRTVS.&nbsp; Radiate bust left holding spear and shield.</p><p>Rx:&nbsp; VICTORIA GOTTHI, Victory standing left holding wreath and palm, P in exergue.</p><p>RIC173, Rarity3</p><p><br /></p><p>Before you scroll down to this remarkably ugly and poorly preserved coin....Tacitus was a relatively luckless emperor and lasted just 8 or 9 months.&nbsp; While there are two other variants of this type which are more common (well, rated scarce and rare respectively) this is the only example I have been able to track down outside of published collections.&nbsp; There may be others, who knows.&nbsp; I could find nothing either online nor in my library of paper catalogs.&nbsp; Still, pretty darned rare, but wow!&nbsp; Look at this thing:</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]647821[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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