v21_3226 - CLAUDIUS II GOTHICUS Antoninien
MONNAIES 21 (2004)
Starting price : 200.00 €
Estimate : 400.00 €
Realised price : 200.00 €
Number of bids : 1
Maximum bid : 540.00 €
Starting price : 200.00 €
Estimate : 400.00 €
Realised price : 200.00 €
Number of bids : 1
Maximum bid : 540.00 €
Type : Antoninien
Date: mi 269
Mint name / Town : Syrie, Séleucie et Piérie, Antioche (Antiochia ad Orontem)
Metal : billon
Millesimal fineness : 30 ‰
Diameter : 20 mm
Orientation dies : 6 h.
Weight : 3,61 g.
Rarity : R2
Officine: 7e
Coments on the condition:
Très beau portrait. Patine marron clair et sable. Revers particulier
Catalogue references :
Obverse
Obverse legend : IMP C CLAVDIVS AVG.
Obverse description : Buste radié, drapé et cuirassé de Claude II à droite, vu de trois quarts en arrière (A2).
Obverse translation : “Imperator Cæsar Claudius Augustus”, (L’empereur césar Claude auguste).
Reverse
Reverse legend : REGI - ARTIS// Z.
Reverse description : Vulcain coiffé d’un bonnet conique debout à droite, tenant un marteau de la main droite et des tenailles de la main gauche.
Reverse translation : “Regi Artis”, (Au roi des arts).
Commentary
Poids lourd. Sans argenture. C’est l’un des revers les plus rares du règne de Claude II, estimé à 30 francs or dans l’ouvrage d’Henry Cohen au XIXe siècle, soit le prix d’un solidus.
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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