Rare Bust Type

405, Lot: 485. Estimate $100. Sold for $140. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Claudius II Gothicus. AD 268-270. Antoninianus (21mm, 2.48 g, 6h). Rome mint. 1st emission, circa October-November AD 268. Radiate heroic-style bust left, seen from rear, holding spear and wearing aegis / Providenia standing left, leaning on column, holding baton and cornucopia; globe at feet to left; –/–//–. Normanby –; RIC V 91; RIC Online 126. Good Fine, brown surfaces. Rare bust type.

From the Finn Johannessen Collection, purchased from Helios Numismatik, 17 December 2012.