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<p>[QUOTE="expat, post: 24720799, member: 111067"]Been waiting for a Tacitus with a good portrait and well centred for just over a year. I finally have one, delivered this morning.</p><p>TACITUS Antoninianus. Ticinum mint.</p><p>Obverse: IMP C M CL TACITVS AVG. Radiate, draped, and cuirassed bust right.</p><p>Reverse: PAX AVGVSTI. Pax standing left, holding olive branch and transverse sceptre; P in exergue.</p><p>RIC 150, Cohen 72. Ticinum mint, early-June 276. 3,5 g - 22,5 mm</p><p><br /></p><p>Marcus Claudius Tacitus was Roman emperor from 275 to 276. During his short reign he campaigned against the Goths and the Heruli, for which he received the title Gothicus Maximus</p><p>Born: 200 AD, Terni, Italy</p><p>Died: June 276 AD Tyana, Cappodocia, Turkey.</p><p>Siblings Florianus</p><p>Reign: c. December 275 – c. June 276.</p><p>His Regnal name is shortened in the obverse Legend: IMPerator Caesar Marcus CLavdius TACITVS AVGustus.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1581223[/ATTACH] Please feel free to comment, add any interesting thoughts about this Emperor who served only a short time, or post anything relevant.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="expat, post: 24720799, member: 111067"]Been waiting for a Tacitus with a good portrait and well centred for just over a year. I finally have one, delivered this morning. TACITUS Antoninianus. Ticinum mint. Obverse: IMP C M CL TACITVS AVG. Radiate, draped, and cuirassed bust right. Reverse: PAX AVGVSTI. Pax standing left, holding olive branch and transverse sceptre; P in exergue. RIC 150, Cohen 72. Ticinum mint, early-June 276. 3,5 g - 22,5 mm Marcus Claudius Tacitus was Roman emperor from 275 to 276. During his short reign he campaigned against the Goths and the Heruli, for which he received the title Gothicus Maximus Born: 200 AD, Terni, Italy Died: June 276 AD Tyana, Cappodocia, Turkey. Siblings Florianus Reign: c. December 275 – c. June 276. His Regnal name is shortened in the obverse Legend: IMPerator Caesar Marcus CLavdius TACITVS AVGustus. [ATTACH=full]1581223[/ATTACH] Please feel free to comment, add any interesting thoughts about this Emperor who served only a short time, or post anything relevant.[/QUOTE]
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