brm_335453 - CLAUDIUS II GOTHICUS Antoninien
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Price : 100.00 €
Type : Antoninien
Date: mi 269
Date: 269
Mint name / Town : Cyzicus
Metal : billon
Millesimal fineness : 30 ‰
Diameter : 20,5 mm
Orientation dies : 12 h.
Weight : 4,10 g.
Rarity : R1
Officine: 3e
Coments on the condition:
Bel exemplaire bien centré sur un flan large et épais. Portrait remarquablement bien gravé et bien venu à la frappe. Revers tréflé. Patine marron foncé aux reflets métalliques
Catalogue references :
Obverse
Obverse legend : IMP CLAVDIVS AVG // ....
Obverse description : Buste radié, drapé et cuirassé de Claude II à droite, vu de trois quarts en arrière (A2).
Obverse translation : “Imperator Claudius Augustus”, (L’empereur Claude auguste).
Reverse
Reverse legend : PAX A-E-TERNA // SPQR.
Reverse description : Pax (la Paix) debout de face, regardant à gauche, tenant une branche d’olivier dans la main droite et un sceptre transversal de la gauche.
Reverse translation : “Pax Æterna”, (La Paix éternelle).
Commentary
Poids très lourd. Avec une partie de son argenture.
Very heavy weight. With some of its silver plating
Very heavy weight. With some of its silver plating
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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