v21_3223 - CLAUDIUS II GOTHICUS Antoninien
MONNAIES 21 (2004)
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Estimate : 200.00 €
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Starting price : 100.00 €
Estimate : 200.00 €
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Type : Antoninien
Date: début 269
Mint name / Town : Mysie, Cyzique (Cyzicus)
Metal : billon
Millesimal fineness : 30 ‰
Diameter : 21,5 mm
Orientation dies : 12 h.
Weight : 3,83 g.
Rarity : R2
Officine: 1re ou 2e
Emission: 3e
Coments on the condition:
Flan large et irrégulier. Très beau portrait. Patine vert olive foncé. Joli revers avec une petite faiblesse de frappe sur la Paix
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 Pius Felix auguste).
Reverse
Reverse legend : PAX A-E-TERNA// SPQR.
Reverse description : Pax (la Paix) drapée debout à gauche, brandissant une branche d’olivier de la main droite et un sceptre transversal de la main gauche.
Reverse translation : “Pax Æterna/ Senatus Populus Que Romanus”, (La Paix éternelle/ Au nom du Sénat et du Peuple Romain).
Commentary
Poids lourd. Sans argenture.
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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