| |
| | [No title] |
 | | RIC 17-18), and a heavier series, with radiate busts, probably representing double aurei, although their average weight is of only 8.5 gm (cf. |
 | | In 275 AD, Aurelian was murdered by a group of officers and the army passed the next appointment of emperor to the Senate, which choose the 75 year old Tacitus who claimed descent from the famous historian. |
 | | The omission, however, of the radiate bust from the light series and the tradition of its indicating double units of aurei, denarii, and sestertii, or at least heavier ones, allow us to speculate that the radiate gold are intended, at least in part, to be seen as “doubles” or “binioes.” By permission of CNG, www.cngcoins.com. |
| www.wildwinds.com /coins/ric/tacitus/RIC_0174v.txt (322 words) |
|