bpv_361115 - CLAUDIUS II GOTHICUS Dupondius
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Price : 100.00 €
Type : Dupondius
Date: c. 268-270
Mint name / Town : Antioche, Pisidie
Metal : copper
Diameter : 25 mm
Orientation dies : 12 h.
Weight : 7,38 g.
Rarity : R1
Coments on the condition:
Exemplaire sur un flan large et ovale, de frappe grossière et de style cru. Jolie patine vert foncé
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Predigree :
Cet exemplaire provient du stock d’Alain Poinsignon et de la collection MG
Obverse
Obverse legend : IMP CAES CLAVDIV.
Obverse description : Buste radié, drapé et cuirassé de Claude II à droite , vu de trois quarts en arrière (A2).
Obverse translation : “Imperatori æsari Marco Aurleio Claudio Pio Felici Augusto”, (À l’empereur césar Marc Aurèle Claude pieu heureux auguste).
Reverse
Reverse legend : ANTI-OCH CL/ -|-// S R.
Reverse description : Vexillum entre deux enseignes.
Reverse translation : “Antiochi Colonia Augusti Senatus Romanus”, (Sénat romain de la colonie auguste d’Antioche).
Commentary
Poids léger. Même coin de droit que les exemplaires du Cabinet des médailles de la BnF (SNG France 3/ 1335-1337, pl. 72). Claude II est le dernier empereur à avoir frappé à l’atelier d’Antioche de Pisidie.
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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