E-auction 79-39107 - brm_187667 - CLAUDIUS II GOTHICUS Antoninien
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| Estimate : | 55 € |
| Price : | 16 € |
| Maximum bid : | 17 € |
| End of the sale : | 20 October 2014 15:14:00 |
| bidders : | 5 bidders |
Type : Antoninien
Date: 269
Mint name / Town : Roma
Metal : billon
Millesimal fineness : 30 ‰
Diameter : 19 mm
Orientation dies : 7 h.
Weight : 2,81 g.
Officine: 5e
Coments on the condition:
Exemplaire sur un petit flan un peu court sur les légendes. Très beau portrait. Frappe un peu molle au revers. Jolie patine marron foncé lissée
Catalogue references :
Obverse
Obverse legend : IMP CLAVDIVS AVG.
Obverse description : Buste radié et cuirassé de Claude II à droite, vu de trois quarts en avant (B).
Obverse translation : "Imperator Cæsar Claudius Augustus", (L'empereur césar Claude auguste).
Reverse
Reverse legend : VIRT-V-S AVG.
Reverse description : Virtus (la Virilité) casqué et vêtu militairement debout à gauche, brandissant une branche de laurier de la main droite et tenant une haste de la main gauche ; à ses pieds à gauche, son bouclier.
Reverse translation : “Virtus Augusti”, (La Virilité de l’auguste).
Commentary
Antoninien sans marque. Trace de frappe incuse au revers. Rubans de type 3.
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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