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Pillar of the Community
United States
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My other new purchase: Tactitus antoninanus Obv: IMP CM CL TACITVS AVG Rev: CONSERVATOR MILITVM  |
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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Another nice pick up, I don't have this ruler as of yet.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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VK, very nice pick up, good details,i need to get one of these too!..  |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Nice coin for the money. I saw that one on sale as well.
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Pillar of the Community
Canada
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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cool coin vk , I only have 1 tacitus, and it is pretty rough. |
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Pillar of the Community
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Thanks all! I've been meaning to expand a little more into this era of Roman history, and I found the opportunity with these two coins.
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United Kingdom
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These 'rarer' radiates have some very interesting characters on them and don't break the bank Tacitus faked ancestry to Tacitus the historian, were it not for the Emperor championing his works he may not have been as well remembered today. Tacitus the Emperor lived to the ripe old age of 76 but only ruled for about a year. He was though lucky enough to die of fever and old age unlike many of the other 'radiates'. |
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He was though lucky enough to die of fever and old age unlike many of the other 'radiates'. Yeah, sticky deaths seemed to be the in-thing for emperors in that era!  Edited by VisigothKing
01/11/2013 8:59 pm
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Did they die because they were sick, or did they die from poisoning? lol
Who knows back then.
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Pillar of the Community
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Yeah, and some obviously fell on that sword!  Edited by VisigothKing
01/11/2013 9:14 pm
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Ok so I received it along with the Carinus today (nice coins in hand btw), and I go to attribute my Tacitus seeing the seller misid'd it. With Helveticas I got it as Estiot 2392, rated R   Now I know it doesn't mean a whole lot and won't turn it into a $100 coin, but it is still pretty exciting for me!  |
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Posted 01/11/2013 11:47 am
