406, Lot: 788. Estimate $200.
Sold for $120. 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. [IM]P CLAVDIVS P G (
sic) AVG. Fides holding two standards; –/–//S. RIC Online 57 var. (obv. legend).
2) ROME. Pax holding olive branch and scepter; –/–//–. RIC Online 132 note (this coin cited). Very rare.
3) Fides holding two standards; –/XI//–. RIC Online 277.
4) Apollo holding olive branch and lyre; –/–//H. RIC Online 505.
5) SISCIA. Spes holding flower and raising skirt; I/–//–. RIC Online 664.
6) SMYRNA. VIRTVTV (
sic) AVG, two captives seated at base of trophy; –/–//SPQR. RIC Online 862 (this coin cited). Rare.
7) CYZICUS. SECVRITAS PERPETAV (
sic), Securitas leaning on column, holding scepter; M/C//–. RIC Online 900(?).
8) Felicitas holding caduceus and cornucopia; –/–//–. RIC Online 1001 (this coin cited). Double struck.
9) ANTIOCH. Juno holding patera and scepter; peacock at feet; –/–//B. RIC Online 1020 (this coin cited).
10) Vulcan holding hammer and pincers, and Minerva holding spear and shield; –/–//–. RIC Online 1094. Very rare, particularly with VIR AVG rather than the normal VIRT AVG.
Fine to Good VF.
From the Finn Johannessen Collection.
