brm_586742 - CLAUDIUS II GOTHICUS Antoninien
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Type : Antoninien
Date: début - mi
Date: 270
Mint name / Town : Antioche
Metal : billon
Millesimal fineness : 100 ‰
Diameter : 19,5 mm
Orientation dies : 6 h.
Weight : 3,22 g.
Rarity : R1
Officine: 8e
Coments on the condition:
Exemplaire centré. Métal légèrement piqué. Joli portrait. Patine marron
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Obverse
Obverse legend : IMP C CLAVDIVS AVG.
Obverse description : Tête radiée à gauche (O1).
Obverse translation : “Imperator Cæsar Claudius Augustus”, (L’empereur césar Claude auguste).
Reverse
Reverse legend : AEQVIT-AS AVG.
Reverse description : Æquitas (l’Équité) drapée debout à gauche, tenant une balance de la main droite et une corne d’abondance de la main gauche.
Reverse translation : “Æquitas Augusti”, (L’Équité de l’auguste).
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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