RIC temp #124

Temp №: 124
Reign Claudius II
Person Claudius II
Mint Rome
Issue 1
Issue name probably for the Adventus: exceptional busts
Datation c. October – November 268
Officina 6(?)
Denomination Antoniniani
obverse reverse
Obverse coin Revers coin
Titulature IMP C CLAVDIVS AVG Legend SPES PVBLICA
Obverse mark Reverse mark –/–//–
Bust code L2l Reverse code Spes 1
Bust description Bust left, radiate, nude with cross-belt, seen from rear, holding spear pointing forward in right hand, aegis on left shoulder Reverse description Spes walking l., holding flower in r. hand and raising skirt with l. hand.

Note Phobos-head (at l., seen in profile) on aegis.
Reference Huvelin 1980, 13
RIC1st 102 var.
Specimens of this coin type
Location Reference Quantity Weight Axis Remark
London (R 1183) 1 3.22 6 photo
Oxford Cope et al. 1997, p.143 corr. (F1 l. for F2 l.) 1 2.73 6 photo
Oxford Huvelin 1980, 13 = Cope et al. 1997, p.143 1 2.83 12 photo
Vienna (49551, Markl) 1 4.18 12 photo
Berk, 77, 16/VI/1993, 299 1 photo
Platt 1989 1 3.19 6 Same dies as the O coin