406, Lot: 786. Estimate $200. Sold for $130. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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Claudius II Gothicus. AD 268-270. Lot of ten (10) Antoniniani. Includes the following:
1) MILAN. Providentia holding baton and scepter; globe at feet; –/–//T. RIC Online 99 (this coin cited). Very rare with this bust type.
2) ROME. Jupiter holding scepter and thunderbolt; –/–//–. RIC Online 118 (this coin cited). Very rare.
3) Emperor on horseback left; –/–//–. RIC Online 129 (this coin cited). Scarce.
4) Victory holding wreath and palm frond; –/–//Γ. RIC Online 458 (this coin cited).
5) Fides holding vexillum and scepter; retrograde Є/–//–. RIC Online 476. Extremely rare, possibly the second known.
6) SISCIA. Spes holding flower and lifting skirt; –/II//–. RIC Online 634 (this coin cited).
7) SMYRNA. Virtus holding shield and spear; –/–//SPQR. RIC Online 824 (this coin cited). Extremely rare, possibly the second known.
8) CYZICUS. Two captives seated at base of trophy; –/–//SPQR. RIC Online 956.
9) Pax holding olive branch and scepter; –/–//SPQR. RIC Online 941. Rare.
10) ANTIOCH. Luna holding torch, and Sol raising hand and holding whip; –/–//–. RIC Online 1069 (this coin cited).
Fine to Good VF.
From the Finn Johannessen Collection.