454, Lot: 404. Estimate $100. Sold for $220. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Claudius II Gothicus. AD 268-270. Antoninianus (22mm, 3.81 g, 12h). Smyrna mint. 1st emission, 2nd phase, circa late AD 268-early AD 269. IMP C M AVR CLAVDIVS AVG, radiate, draped, and cuirassed bust right / VENVS AVG, Venus standing left, holding helmet and transverse spear pointed downward; on ground to righ, a shield resting against her; SPQR. Normanby –; RIC V Online 818. Silvered, lightly toned, areas of light roughness. Near EF. Rare.