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Price : 225.00 €
Type : Antoninien
Date: 268
Mint name / Town : Antioche
Metal : billon
Millesimal fineness : 100 ‰
Diameter : 21,5 mm
Orientation dies : 12 h.
Weight : 3,35 g.
Rarity : R3
Coments on the condition:
Superbe portrait pour ce type rare ! Patine grise
Obverse
Obverse legend : IMP C CLAVDIVS AVG.
Obverse description : Buste radié de Claude II à gauche avec pan de paludamentum sur l’épaule (O3).
Obverse translation : “Imperator Cæsar Claudius Augustus”, (L’empereur césar Claude auguste).
Reverse
Reverse legend : AETE-R - AVG.
Reverse description : Diana Lucifera ou Luna et Sol debout face à face ; Diane, debout à gauche, tournée à droite, drapée, tenant des deux mains une torche allumée ; Sol debout à droite, tourné à gauche, nu, le manteau sur l’épaule, levant la main droite et tenant un fouet de la main gauche.
Reverse translation : “Æternitas Augusti”, (L’Éternité de l’auguste).
Commentary
Avec son argenture superficielle. Revers inhabituel. Buste tout à fait exceptionnel. Semble de la plus grande rareté. N’était signalé que par Hélène Huvelin dans son article sur Antioche.
With its superficial silver plating. Unusual reverse. Quite exceptional bust. Appears to be extremely rare. Only mentioned by Hélène Huvelin in her article on Antioch
With its superficial silver plating. Unusual reverse. Quite exceptional bust. Appears to be extremely rare. Only mentioned by Hélène Huvelin in her article on Antioch
Historical background
CLAUDIUS II GOTHICUS
(09/268-06-08/270)
Claude II is appointed Master of the Cavalry after the defection of Auréolus and is part of the plot which eliminates Gallien. Having promised Auréolus his life after the death of Gallienus, he nevertheless lets his troops massacre him after the surrender of Milan. Claudius II wins a brilliant victory over the Goths at Naissus, in Upper Moesia. Unfortunately, the vanquished spread the plague among the victors and Claude fell victim to it. He is deified after his death and an important restitution coinage is minted by Aurelian first in 270, then by Constantine I, who claimed to be descended from Claudius II, at the beginning of the 4th century..
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