v21_3227 - CLAUDIUS II GOTHICUS Antoninien
MONNAIES 21 (2004)
Starting price : 100.00 €
Estimate : 150.00 €
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Starting price : 100.00 €
Estimate : 150.00 €
unsold lot
Type : Antoninien
Date: mi-269
Mint name / Town : Syrie, Séleucie et Piérie, Antioche (Antiochia ad Orontem)
Metal : billon
Millesimal fineness : 30 ‰
Diameter : 21 mm
Orientation dies : 11 h.
Weight : 3,64 g.
Rarity : R1
Officine: 8e
Emission: 3e
Coments on the condition:
Flan ovale et légèrement échancré à 6 heures. Beau portrait. Bien centré. Jolie patine vert foncé et sable. Frappe molle au revers
Catalogue references :
Obverse
Obverse legend : IMP C CLAVDIVS AVG.
Obverse description : Tête radiée de Claude II à gauche (O1).
Obverse translation : “Imperator Cæsar Claudius Augustus”, (L’empereur césar Claude auguste).
Reverse
Reverse legend : SOL - A-VG// [H].
Reverse description : Sol (le Soleil) debout de face, regardant à gauche, levant la main droite et tenant un fouet de la gauche.
Reverse translation : “Sol Augusti”, (Le Soleil de l’auguste).
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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