Possibly Unique

405, Lot: 506. Estimate $75. Sold for $220. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Claudius II Gothicus. AD 268-270. Antoninianus (19mm, 3.25 g, 12h). Antioch mint, 1st officina. 2nd emission, circa late AD 269-early AD 270. Radiate head left / Sol standing left, raising hand and holding whip; –/–//•. Normanby –; RIC V –; RIC V Online 1037.1 (this coin cited). VF, earthen green patina, some roughness. Extremely rare and possibly unique with this bust type, the sole specimen cited by RIC Online.

From the Finn Johannessen Collection, purchased from Stephan Niese (Heide-Numismatik), 31 May 2012.