v08_0426 - CLAUDIUS II GOTHICUS Antoninien
MONNAIES 8 (2000)
Starting price : 144.83 €
Estimate : 228.67 €
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Starting price : 144.83 €
Estimate : 228.67 €
unsold lot
Type : Antoninien
Date: 269
Mint name / Town : Syrie, Séleucie et Piérie, Antioche
Metal : billon
Millesimal fineness : 20 ‰
Diameter : 19,5 mm
Orientation dies : 12 h.
Weight : 4,02 g.
Rarity : R2
Officine: 4e
Emission: 2e
Coments on the condition:
Très beau portrait. Avec son argenture / Petite faiblesse de frappe au revers
Catalogue references :
Obverse
Obverse legend : IMP CLAVDIVS AVG.
Obverse description : Tête radiée de Claude II à gauche (O1).
Obverse translation : (L'empereur Claude auguste).
Reverse
Reverse legend : [IVVE]N-TVS AVG.
Reverse description : Hercule nu debout à gauche, la léonté posée sur le bras gauche, tenant une pomme ou un globe de la main gauche et appuyé de la main droite sur sa massue.
Reverse translation : (La jeunesse 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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