brm_594225 - CLAUDIUS II GOTHICUS Antoninien
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Price : 25.00 €
Type : Antoninien
Date: après
Date: 271
Mint name / Town : Roma
Metal : copper
Diameter : 17 mm
Orientation dies : 7 h.
Weight : 2,11 g.
Coments on the condition:
Exemplaire sur un petit flan bien centré, court sur les légendes à l’usure régulière
Obverse
Obverse legend : DIV[O CLAV]DIO.
Obverse description : Tête radiée du Divin Claude II à droite (O).
Obverse translation : “Divo Claudio”, (Au Divin Claude).
Reverse
Reverse legend : CONSECRATIO.
Reverse description : Aigle debout à gauche, la tête tournée à droite, les ailes déployées.
Reverse translation : “Consecratio”, (Consécration).
Commentary
Rubans de type 3. Imitation de bon style.
Historical background
CLAUDIUS II GOTHICUS
(+270)
Consecration of Aurelian
Claudius II the Gothic died in Sirmium in 270. He was deified by Aurélien who succeeded him, opposing Quintille, brother of Claudius II, who was quickly eliminated. Half a century later, Constantine I will link his filiation to Claudius II the Gothic. He claims that his grandmother is a daughter or niece of the Emperor who was carried off by the plague..
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