v13_0757 - CLAUDIUS II GOTHICUS Antoninien
MONNAIES 13 (2001)
Starting price : 60.98 €
Estimate : 121.96 €
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Starting price : 60.98 €
Estimate : 121.96 €
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Type : Antoninien
Date: 269
Mint name / Town : Italie, Milan
Metal : billon
Millesimal fineness : 30 ‰
Diameter : 19 mm
Orientation dies : 12 h.
Weight : 3,45 g.
Officine: 1re
Emission: 2e
Coments on the condition:
Flan épais et beau portrait. Patine marron
Catalogue references :
Obverse
Obverse legend : IMP CLAVDIVS P F AVG.
Obverse description : Buste radié, drapé et cuirassé de Claude II à droite, vu de trois quarts en arrière (A2).
Obverse translation : "Imperator Claudius Pius Felix Augustus", (L'empereur Claude pieux et heureux auguste).
Reverse
Reverse legend : VI-RT-V-S - AVG.
Reverse description : Mars nu et casqué, marchant à droite, le manteau flottant, tenant une haste transversale de la main droite et tenant un trophée de la main gauche reposant sur l’épaule.
Reverse translation : “Virtus Augusti”, (La Virilité de l’auguste).
Commentary
Poids lourd.
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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