Antoninianus
Tacitus
Roman Imperial
Gaul
Roman Empire
275-276
Bronze
Weight: 2.73 g
Diameter: 15/16 in. (24.4 mm)
Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth: Gift of W. Clark Harrington, Class of 1928
165.24.29852
Geography
Place Made: France, Europe
Period
1-500
Object Name
Coin
Research Area
Numismatics: Greek and Roman
Not on view
Inscriptions
Obverse: Inscrip: IMP C M C L TACITVS P F AVG. Tacitus, bust, draped, beard, radiate crown, facing right. Reverse: PAX - AVGVSTI. Pax, draped, laureate, striding left. Right arm outstretched holding (laurel?) branch. Left arm trailing, holding transverse spear. Spear pointed diagonally up and backwards with butt near front foot. Mint Mark: 8 point star to right of figure below spear. III in exergue.
Provenance
William Clark Harrington (1905-2007), Class of 1928; Brookfield, Connecticut; given to present collection, 1965.
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