Tacitus. AD 275-276. Double Antoninianus (21.5mm, 3.27 g, 12h). Antioch mint, 5th officina. 3rd emission, January-June AD 276. VF.

Electronic Auction 567
Lot: 638.
Closing Date: Jul 31 2024 10:00 ET

Roman Imperial, Silver

Estimate: $ 100

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Tacitus. AD 275-276. Double Antoninianus (21.5mm, 3.27 g, 12h). Antioch mint, 5th officina. 3rd emission, January-June AD 276. Radiate, draped, and cuirassed bust right / Tacitus standing right, holding short eagle-tipped scepter, receiving globe from Jupiter standing left, holding scepter; Є//XI. RIC V Online 4092; RIC V 211 var. (bust type); BN 1837 var. (rev. legend break). Toned complete silvering, deposits. VF. Rare denomination.

The ‘XI’ on the coinage of Tacitus appears to have signified a higher silver content than the usual issue of Antoniniani. The study by Esty, Equall, and Smith (“The Alloy of the ‘XI’ Coins of Tacitus,” in NC 1993) corroborates the earlier study by Callu, Brenot, and Barrandon (“Analyses de Séries Atypiques,” in QT 8) showing that, though the consistency of the latters findings were not as universal, the series with this notation does exhibit a far higher silver content than the common ‘XXI’ marked coinage and represented an issue tariffed at a higher rate.

Closing Date and Time: 31 July 2024 at 13:32:20 ET.

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