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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;zumbly, post: 2748373, member: 57495&quot;]For quite awhile, I thought the stylish neck beard that Tacitus wears on his coins was the only reason to own one of them.&nbsp; That was before I read about the rare &#039;XI&#039; and &#039;IA&#039; marked <b>double antoniniani</b> that he struck.&nbsp; [USER=44316]@Valentinian[/USER] published a <a href="https://www.jstor.org/stable/42667889?seq=1#page_scan_tab_contents" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.jstor.org/stable/42667889?seq=1#page_scan_tab_contents" rel="nofollow">study</a> that analyzed the metal composition of a number of these coins and showed that they contained twice the amount silver compared to the &#039;XXI&#039; marked antoniniani.&nbsp; I recently became the proud new owner of coin 91.68 from that study.</p><p><br /></p><p>But, I suppose more to the point of this thread, behold, the glorious neck beard!... <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie8" alt=":D" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]628886[/ATTACH] <b>TACITUS</b></p><p>Extremely Rare. Billon Double Antoninianus. 3.84g, 23.5mm. Antioch mint. RIC 211; RIC2 temp no. 4087 (6 spec); Esty, Equall, Smith, &quot;The Alloy of the &#039;XI&#039; Coins of Tacitus&quot;, 91.68 (this coin). O: IMP C M CL TACITVS AVG, radiate, draped and cuirassed bust right. R: CLEMENTIA TEMP, Emperor standing right holding sceptre, receiving globe from Jupiter standing left, holding sceptre; A between, XI in exergue.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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