CNG 99, Lot: 705. Estimate $300. Sold for $575. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Claudius II Gothicus. AD 268-270. Antoninianus (23mm, 3.43 g, 6h). Cyzicus mint. 2nd emission, 1st phase, AD 269. Radiate, draped, and cuirassed bust right / Minerva standing right, holding spear and shield set on ground; SPQR. RIC V 236; Normanby –; Venèra 9867. EF, full silvering, traces of red deposits. Rare.

From the Jonathan K. Kern Collection.