Tacitus - Augustus 275-276 AD - PAX AVGVSTI
IMP C M CL TACITVS AVG
Radiate, bust right
PAX AVGVSTI
Pax standing left, holding branch and scepter.
Weight: 3.86 gr
Diameter: 22.5 mm
Tacitus was born in Interamna (Terni), in Italia.He circulated copies of the historian Publius Cornelius Tacitus' work, which was barely read at the time, perhaps contributing to the partial survival of the historian's work. Modern historiography rejects his claimed descent from the historian as a fabrication.In the course of his long life he discharged the duties of various civil offices, holding the consulship twice, once under Valerian and again in 273, earning universal respect