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Contributor: Teresa Darling.
Issuer: TACITUS, AD 276-277. Antoninianus.
Obverse: IMP. C. M. CL. TACITVS P. AVG. His radiated draped and cuirassed bust to the right.
Reverse: PROVIDENTIA DEORVM, Providentia standing left, holding cornucopia and baton pointed to the ground. Globe at her feet. S in right field. XXI in exergue.
Reference: RIC 153var; Sear 3309 var. Grade: EF/aU
Comments: For more information, read the "Tacitus" entry from De Imperatoribus Romanis.
For recent scholarship on Tacitus see TOCS-IN; for book reviews, see Bryn Mawr Classical Reviews. (NOTE: Most of the search results will refer to Tacitus the author.)