411, Lot: 432. Estimate $75. Sold for $90. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Claudius II Gothicus. AD 268-270. Antoninianus (20mm, 3.39 g, 6h). Smyrna mint. 1st emission, Phase 2, circa late AD 268-early AD 269. Radiate, draped, and cuirassed bust right / VIRTVTI AVG, two captives seated at base of trophy; –/–//SPQR. Normanby –; RIC V 255; RIC Online 822. VF, dark brown patina. Scarce.

From the Finn Johannessen Collection, purchased from Alex Stanichev, 19 June 2008.