brm_715150 - CLAUDIUS II GOTHICUS Antoninien
170.00 €(Approx. 185.30$ | 142.80£)
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Type : Antoninien
Date: début
Date: 269
Mint name / Town : Smyrne
Metal : billon
Millesimal fineness : 30 ‰
Diameter : 22,00 mm
Orientation dies : 12 h.
Weight : 3,87 g.
Rarity : R3
Officine: 1re
Coments on the condition:
Flan large, légèrement irrégulier, centré. Métal piqué au droit. Joli revers. Patine grise
Catalogue references :
Obverse
Obverse legend : IMP C M AVR CLAVDIVS AVG .
Obverse description : Buste radié, drapé et cuirassé de Claude II à droite, vu de trois quarts en arrière.
Obverse translation : “Imperator Cæsar Marcus Aurelius Claudius Augustus”, (L’empereur césar Marc Aurèle Claude auguste).
Reverse
Reverse legend : VENV-S AVG // SPQR.
Reverse description : Vénus drapée debout à gauche, tenant un casque corinthien de la main droite et une lance transversale de la main gauche, appuyé sur son bouclier.
Reverse translation : “Venus Augusti/ Senatus Populus Que Romanus”, (Vénus de l’auguste/ Au nom du Sénat et du Peuple Romain).
Commentary
Correspond au RIC temp. 841.
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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