Extremely Rare Tacitus Denarius

CNG 96, Lot: 864. Estimate $2000. Sold for $1200. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Tacitus. AD 275-276. AR Denarius (20mm, 2.08 g, 6h). Ticinum mint. 2nd emission, January-June AD 276. IMP C M CL T ACITVS P F AVG, laureate and cuirassed bust left, holding spear over shoulder and shield with horseman motif / VICTORIA AVG, Victory standing left, holding wreath and palm frond. RIC V 99 (Rome) = Cohen 151 (listed as PB [petit bronze] and illustrated with line drawing); BN 1665 (same dies) and cf. pl. 90, 350 (aureus; same rev. die); Tkalec (19 February 2001), lot 358 (same dies). Good VF, flan crack, areas of roughness, flaking on edge. Extremely rare, possibly the third known.