v29_0345 - CLAUDIUS II GOTHICUS Tétradrachme, (MB, Æ 22)
MONNAIES 29 (2007)
Starting price : 145.00 €
Estimate : 200.00 €
Realised price : 215.00 €
Number of bids : 6
Maximum bid : 265.00 €
Starting price : 145.00 €
Estimate : 200.00 €
Realised price : 215.00 €
Number of bids : 6
Maximum bid : 265.00 €
Type : Tétradrachme, (MB, Æ 22)
Date: an 2
Mint name / Town : Alexandrie, Égypte
Metal : copper
Diameter : 22 mm
Orientation dies : 12 h.
Weight : 10,64 g.
Rarity : R1
Coments on the condition:
Exemplaire de qualité exceptionnelle pour ce type de monnayage, légèrement irrégulier. Magnifique portrait. Revers de haut relief. Patine marron foncé
Catalogue references :
Obverse
Obverse description : Buste lauré, drapé et cuirassé de Claude II à droite, vu de trois quarts en arrière (A*2).
Obverse legend : AUT K KLAU-DIOS SEB (Autokratoros Kaisaros Klaudios Sebastos).
Obverse translation : (L'empereur césar Claude auguste).
Reverse
Reverse legend : L-B.
Reverse description : Arès (Mars) casqué et vêtu militairement, le manteau flottant sur l’épaule debout à gauche, tenant un sceptre long de la main droite et le parazonium de la main gauche.
Reverse translation : (An 2).
Commentary
Représentation inhabituelle sur le monnayage alexandrin.
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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