v13_0749 - CLAUDIUS II GOTHICUS Antoninien
MONNAIES 13 (2001)
Starting price : 137.20 €
Estimate : 274.41 €
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Starting price : 137.20 €
Estimate : 274.41 €
unsold lot
Type : Antoninien
Date: 269
Mint name / Town : Roma
Metal : billon
Millesimal fineness : 30 ‰
Diameter : 23 mm
Orientation dies : 11 h.
Weight : 3,66 g.
Rarity : R3
Officine: 2e
Emission: 2e
Coments on the condition:
Flan exceptionnellement large. Très beau portrait. Avec son argenture superficielle. Petite faiblesse de frappe au revers sur la Félicité
Obverse
Obverse legend : IMP C CLAVDIVS AVG.
Obverse description : Buste radié, drapé et cuirassé de Claude II à droite, vu de trois quarts en avant (A).
Obverse translation : "Imperator Cæsar Claudius Augustus", (L'empereur césar Claude auguste).
Reverse
Reverse legend : FELI-CITAS AVG.
Reverse description : Felicitas (la Félicité) drapée debout à gauche, tenant un caducée long de la main droite et une corne d’abondance de la main gauche.
Reverse translation : “Felicitas Augusti”, (La Félicité de l’auguste).
Commentary
Semble complètement inédit et non répertorié avec ce type de buste. Manque aux principaux ouvrages consultés. Exemplaire sans marque d’officine. Poids lourd.
Appears to be completely unpublished and unlisted with this type of bust. Missing from the main works consulted. example without pharmacy mark. Heavyweight
Appears to be completely unpublished and unlisted with this type of bust. Missing from the main works consulted. example without pharmacy mark. Heavyweight
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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