411, Lot: 446. Estimate $200. Sold for $150. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Claudius II Gothicus. AD 268-270. Lot of ten (10) Antoniniani. Includes the following:

1) MILAN. Victory holding wreath and palm frond; –/–//–. RIC Online 31. Possibly an unofficial imitation.

2) Fortuna holding rudder and cornucopia; –/–//S. RIC Online 86 (this coin cited).

3) ROME. Victory holding wreath and palm frond; –/–//–. RIC Online 169 (this coin cited). Very rare with this bust type. One of five cited by RIC Online.

4) MARS VLTVR (sic), Mars holding spear and trophy; –/–//–. RIC Online 243 note (this coin cited). Extremely rare with engraver’s error.

5) Jupiter holding thunderbolt and scepter; –/N//–. RIC Online 255.

6) As last, but different bust type. RIC Online 256.

7) SISCIA. Salus holding scepter and feeding serpent rising from altar; –/–//–. RIC Online 568 (this coin cited). Extremely rare. One of two coins cited by RIC Online.

8)SMYRNA. Fortuna holding cornucopia and sacrificing over altar; –/–//SPQR. RIC Online 852 (this coin cited). Good silvering. Extremely rare. One of two cited by RIC Online.

9) CYZICUS. Felicitas holding long caduceus and cornucopia; –/–//–. RIC Online 1001 (this coin cited)

Lot also includes an issue for Divus Claudius struck under Aurelian:

10) Lit altar; –/–//–. RIC Online 1318 (this coin cited). Rare with this bust type.

Fine to Near EF, some roughness and scratches.

From the Finn Johannessen Collection.