Claudius II Gothicus. AD 268-270. Antoninianus (20mm, 3.41 g, 6h). Rome mint, 11th officina. Issue IIb, AD 268-269. Radiate and cuirassed bust right / Fides standing facing, head left, holding two signa; XI. RIC V 34/6; Normanby 701; Braithwell 82 corr. (see below). VF, minor flan crack.
Ex Braithwell Hoard.
Braithwell identifies Fides as type 2/2b (Normanby 703), but it is clearly type 2b (Cunetio 701). Also, more than one example of this type was found in the hoard.
The Braithwell Hoard was discovered by a metal detectorist in South Yorkshire in 2002. It contained 1331 antoniniani, with the earliest being a coin of Valerian's second issue at Rome, circa AD 254/5, and the latest a coin of Probus from his ninth, and final, issue of coins at Lugdunum (Lyon), dated by Bastien to AD 282. The vast majority of the hoard was composed of issues from the Romano-Gallic Empire, of which the issues of Tetricus I and II predominate. Richard Abdy and J.D. Hill have recorded the hoard, and will be publishing the full details in the near future.
