409, Lot: 682. Estimate $75. Sold for $50. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Claudius II Gothicus. AD 268-270. Antoninianus (18mm, 2.55 g, 6h). Mediolanum (Milan) mint, 3rd officina. 2nd emission, mid AD 269-spring AD 270. Radiate head right / Victory advancing left, holding olive branch and scepter; –/–//T. Normanby –; RIC V –; RIC Online 62 (this coin cited). EF, some silvering, flan crack. Extremely rare with this bust type. One of four currently cited by RIC Online.

From the Finn Johannessen Collection, purchased from Alex Fishman (Ancient Coins Canada), 20 May 2003.