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hello! I would like to ask for information about this coin regards   |
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Pillar of the Community
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It looks like a Tacitus, but give me a moment to double check.
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I think your coin is RIC 87 rad,cuir left:
AR antoninianus, Rome. IMP CL TACITVS AVG, radiate, cuirassed bust left / FIDES MILITVM, Fides standing, head right, holding standard in each hand.
The left facing bust is not common.
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05/08/2012 5:42 pm
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thanks!
could you tell me how rare is left facing?
Tom
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to the community Very nice Tacitus, left facing bust are less common than right facing and more desirable. Depending on the type and emperor some are rare in this case it's not. |
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I just checked my copy of RIC and this coin , even with the left facing bust, is considered common. I find this hard to believe, as it is difficult to find many left facing Tacitus portraits. Regardless, left or right, it is common enough that it would not be considered rare. Your particular coin is well centered on the obverse and not too much off on the reverse. Perhaps with a slight bit of cleaning, the details can be brought out. Overall, I think you have a decent coin. I own only one Tacitus, and it's not in much better condition if at all.  |
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BTW, Tom, I see you are posting from Poland. My son temporarily lives in Rybnik, Poland.
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Is he holding something (Victory)?
I agree with JW that often what RIC considers 'common' can seem far from when your looking far a particular coin. This also works the other way in that 'rare' coins seem to surface quite regularly. I guess 99.99% of Roman coins should really be considered 'commonish'.
Nice looking coin monty.
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Tacitus appears holding an eagle topped scepter associated with the consulship. You see these commonly with Probus but less often with Tacitus. I don't own one either. If the coin were in better condition, it would be a premium item.
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New Member
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hello
Thank you all for your responses:)
Yes I'm from Poland. The coin belongs to my friend.
I have one question. If I wanted to sell, how much could I get?
regards
Tom
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I just checked Vcoins, and out of nearly 500 Tacitus coins for sale, there is not one left facing bust. You can take a look at this link to get an idea of what you might be able to ask for the coin. But remember, Vcoins is generally a tad high on the prices: http://search2.vcoins.com/results.a...36f78a4cf66dRegards, |
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Wow--500 coins without a single left-facing bust?  I looked on acsearch, which only turned up one sale of a left-facing denarius, which sold for 20000 CHF.  Edited by DVCollector
05/09/2012 1:41 pm
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Yes, unless I missed one, I saw no left facing coins on Vcoins for sale. That's a beautiful coin you posted DVC, but the price is outrageous. 20000 CHF equals $21,780. Yikes! No way is that coin worth that price. Are you sure it didn't say 2000 CHF? Even then it would be way too much, but at least not astronomical.
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