Need Help With Roman Coin Possibly Mislabeled Tacitus

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Seeker55 Pillar of the Community United States 635 Posts	Posted 03/06/2018 6:18 pm This bronze coin weighs 4.68 g and measures 23 mm diameter. It's labeled "Tacitus, AD 275-276" but I can't find a match and this may be incorrect, nor can I make out much of the writing. I'll greatly appreciate any help. Report this Post to the Staff

jskirwin Pillar of the Community United States 616 Posts	Posted 03/06/2018 6:26 pm Looks like Tacitus, likely CLEMENTIA TEMP above Mars holding an olive branch on the reverse with mintmark in the exergue. Wildwinds: http://www.wildwinds.com/coins/ric/tacitus/i.html Report this Post to the Staff
Biancasdad Pillar of the Community United States 1045 Posts	Posted 03/06/2018 6:32 pm Agree it is Tacitus IMP C M CL TACITVS AVG Report this Post to the Staff
FVRIVS RVFVS Pillar of the Community United States 3443 Posts	Posted 03/06/2018 6:50 pm If you look at the 12 o'clock position you can read the T A C at 3 o'clock an S No doubt about it Report this Post to the Staff
Seeker55 Pillar of the Community United States 635 Posts	Posted 03/06/2018 7:37 pm Wow, you guys are good! Many thanks, jskirwin, Biancasdad, and FVRIVS RVFVS, for your help! Great attribution, for a coin that's difficult to read. I looked up the KA that is found in exergue and find that on the website given above it is listed as the mintmark for coins from Serdica, Tripolis, and Cyzicus (seems unlikely to me to be correct for all of these). I also read elsewhere that because this is before the monetary reform of Diocletian, KA could be a Greek translation of XXI, indicating the number of base denarii this coin is worth. Edited by Seeker55 03/06/2018 7:39 pm Report this Post to the Staff
antwerpen2306 Pillar of the Community Belgium 1194 Posts	Posted 03/07/2018 08:45 am Here KA ( Greek 21) = XXI , indicating an aurelianus = an antoninianus after the reform of Aurelianus . The number indicates the silver content of the coin . albert Report this Post to the Staff
Seeker55 Pillar of the Community United States 635 Posts	Posted 03/07/2018 09:00 am Many thanks for the clarification, antwerpen2306. Report this Post to the Staff
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