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<p>[QUOTE="Valentinian, post: 3605252, member: 44316"]Some coins of Tacitus are very nice:</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]965242[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>22 mm. Tacitus, 275-276</p><p>IMP C M CL TACITVS AVG</p><p>CLEMENTIA TEMP, Δ, XXI in exergue</p><p>RIC 210 Antioch. </p><p><br /></p><p>Only a few years before this coin the quality of workmanship was much lower. The coin, post Aurelian's reform, still has a low percentage of silver (c. 5%), but that is significantly higher than under Claudius II (268-270). Most coins of Tacitus, not just this one, are struck well from well-engraved dies. Things were looking up, numismatically.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Valentinian, post: 3605252, member: 44316"]Some coins of Tacitus are very nice: [ATTACH=full]965242[/ATTACH] 22 mm. Tacitus, 275-276 IMP C M CL TACITVS AVG CLEMENTIA TEMP, Δ, XXI in exergue RIC 210 Antioch. Only a few years before this coin the quality of workmanship was much lower. The coin, post Aurelian's reform, still has a low percentage of silver (c. 5%), but that is significantly higher than under Claudius II (268-270). Most coins of Tacitus, not just this one, are struck well from well-engraved dies. Things were looking up, numismatically.[/QUOTE]
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