brm_204238 - CLAUDIUS II GOTHICUS Antoninien
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Type : Antoninien
Date: automne
Date: 269
Mint name / Town : Milan
Metal : billon
Millesimal fineness : 30 ‰
Diameter : 19 mm
Orientation dies : 6 h.
Weight : 3,40 g.
Rarity : R2
Officine: 1re
Coments on the condition:
Exemplaire sur un flan irrégulier et ovale. Beau portrait. Petite faiblesse de frappe au revers. Patine marron foncé lissée
Catalogue references :
Obverse
Obverse legend : IMP CLAVDIVS P F AVG.
Obverse description : Tête radiée de Claude II à droite (O).
Obverse translation : “Imperator Claudius Pius Felix Augustus”, (L’empereur Claude pieux heureux auguste).
Reverse
Reverse legend : DIANA L-VCIF // P.
Reverse description : Diane debout de face, regardant à droite, tenant des deux mains une longue torche allumée.
Reverse translation : “Diana Lucifera”, (Diane qui apporte la lumière).
Commentary
Poids lourd. Sans argenture. Rubans de type 3.
Heavy weights. Without silvering. Type 3 ribbons
Heavy weights. Without silvering. Type 3 ribbons
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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