Unpublished
408, Lot: 529. Estimate $150. Sold for $450. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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Claudius II Gothicus. AD 268-270. Antoninianus (21mm, 3.76 g, 6h). Cyzicus mint. 3rd emission, Phase 1, circa mid-late AD 269(?). IMP C M AVR CLAVDIVS AVG, radiate and cuirassed bust left, holding spear and shield decorated with gorgoneion / FORTVNA REDVX AVG, Fortuna standing left, holding rudder and cornucopia; –/–//SPQR. Normanby –; RIC V –; RIC Online –. VF, earthen black patina. Unpublished in the standard references with this bust type.
From the Finn Johannessen Collection, purchased from Dionysos Ancient Coins and Antiquities, 5 September 2014.