Tacitus, 275 – 276. Aureus 275-276, AV 4.25 g. IMP C M CL T – ACITVS AVG Laureate and cuirassed bust l., holding spear and shield decorated with she-wolf and twins. Rev. ROMAE AE – TERNAE Roma seated l., holding globe and sceptre; beside seat, shield. C 113. RIC 10. Calicó 4106 (this coin). Biaggi 1603 (this coin).
Very rare and an interesting and unusual portrait. A nick on obverse field and a scuff
on reverse at nine o’clock, otherwise about extremely fine

Ex NAC sale 49, 2008, B.d.B, 393. Privately purchased from Hubert Herzfelder in 1956. From the Biaggi collection. From the collection of a retired banker.