Tacitus — Antoninianus, AEQVITAS AVG, Lugdunum

Marcus Claudius Tacitus reigned barely nine months, chosen by the senate after Aurelian's murder, and his coinage is compressed into AD 275 and 276. Lugdunum struck this antoninianus with much of its silvering intact. The coin is encapsulated by Classical Coin Grading at AU 58.

The reverse reads AEQVITAS AVG, the fairness of the emperor. Aequitas stands left with scales and cornucopiae, the standard promise of honest weights and honest government.

Attribution: RIC V 14 · RIC V online 3244

Mint: Lugdunum

Weight: 4.19 g (slab label)

Diameter: 22 mm (slab label)

Catalogued in the NumisLens cabinet — NL-89X85-MQC0Z