1.2.2.5.4 Tacitus

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Tacitus and Florian

Probus

M. Claudius Tacitus
Emperor 275-276

275-276
After the assassination of Aurelian his horrified army wanted nothing to do with the conspirators, and applied to the Senate for a new emperor. After a six week interregnum Tacitus, aged seventy-five, assumed the purple and joined the army in Thrace, repelling a Gothic invasion. Tacitus died, due to natural causes or possibly assassination, after a reign of only six months. His half-brother Florian was proclaimed emperor by the Senate and accepted in the western provinces, but the eastern legions acclaimed Probus, and Florian was assassinated on campaign after a reign of only 88 days.

M. Annius Florianus

Emperor 276

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R3305* 1888 Tacitus: AE Antonianus $50.00 Obv. IMP C M CL TACITVS AVG Rad. bust r. Rev. FELICITAS SAECVLI Felicitas stg. l. Sear 3305v; RIC 139v VF	R3306 0342 Tacitus: AE Antoninianus $50.00 Obv. IMP C M CL TACITVS AVG Rad. bust r. Rev. FIDES MILITVM Fides stg. l. betw. standards Sear 3306; RIC 87 VF
R3314 3630 Tacitus: AE 23 Antoninianus $35.00 Obv. IMP CL TACITVS AVG Rad. bust r. Rev. TEMPORVM FELICITAS Felicitas stg. l. 3.22 g Sear 3314; RIC 63 nearly VF	R3326* 1742 Florian: AE Antoninianus $100.00 Obv. IMP C MAN FLORIANVS P AVG Rad. bust r. Rev. CONCORDIA MILIT Florian l. clasping hands w. Concordia Sear 3326v; RIC 57 nearly EF