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The Battle of Naïssus
Extremely Rare Bust

411, Lot: 430. Estimate $150.
Sold for $320. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Claudius II Gothicus. AD 268-270. Antoninianus (18mm, 3.30 g, 12h). Siscia mint, 2nd officina. 3rd emission, late AD 269. Heroic bust left, seen from behind, wearing cross belt, holding spear and shield decorated with gorgoneion / Virtus standing left, holding shield and spear; */II//–. Normanby –; RIC V –; RIC Online 725 (this coin). Fine, brown surfaces, rough in areas. Extremely rare and possibly unique with this bust type. The sole example currently cited by RIC Online.


From the Finn Johannessen Collection, purchased from Silenos Coins, 4 November 2006.

According to RIC Online, this issue was struck in commemoration of the victory at Naïssus (modern Niš, Serbia). While very little is known about the details of the battle, it was a resounding victory for the Romans, with perhaps as many as 50,000 Goths either killed or taken captive.