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Tacitus Felicitas Coin Type: Billon antoninianus of Tacitus, 275-276 CE.
Mint and Date: Siscia, 275-276 CE.
Size and Weight: 21mm x 23mm, 4.2g
Obverse: Radiate, draped and cuirassed bust right.
IMP C M CLA TACITVS AVG
Reverse: Felicitas standing left, right hand tilting patera over lit altar, left hand holding tall caduceus behind.
FELICITAS SAECVLI
Exergue: V
Provenance: Beast Coins (eBay), October 2005
Ref: RCV (2000) 2437; RIC 219
BW Ref: 002 029 047
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Note: There were 23 such coins in the La Venera hoard, published in 1880 (Curtis Clay, June 2006).
The content of this page was last updated on 13 November 2006