Ex Biaggi de Blasys Collection

CNG 106, Lot: 801. Estimate $15000. Sold for $16000. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Tacitus. AD 275-276. AV Aureus (21mm, 4.98 g, 6h). Serdica mint. Struck early-June AD 276. IMP C M CL TACITVS AVG, laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right / ROMAE AET–ERNAE, Roma seated left on shield, holding Victory in right hand, spear in left; S C in exergue. RIC V 75 (Rome) and 205 (Cyzicus); BN 1784; Calicó 4095 (this coin illustrated); S. Estiot, “L’Or romain entre crise et restitution (270-276 apr. J.-C.). II. Tacite et Florien” in Journal des Savants 2 (1999), 107a = Biaggi 1602 (this coin). EF, a few tiny marks.

Ex Continental Collection; Tkalec & Rauch (14 April 1986), lot 427; Leo Biaggi de Blasys Collection, 1602.