405, Lot: 482. Estimate $75. Sold for $80. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Claudius II Gothicus. AD 268-270. Antoninianus (21mm, 3.05 g, 12h). Rome mint. 1st emission, circa October-November AD 268. Radiate, draped, and cuirassed bust right / Victory standing left, holding wreath and palm frond; –/–//–. Normanby –; RIC V –; RIC Online 108 (this coin cited). EF, green and red-brown patina, some cleaning marks. Currently one of only five cited by RIC Online.

From the Finn Johannessen Collection, purchased from Zach Beasley (Beast Coins), 12 May 2004.