RIC temp #825

Temp №: 825
Reign Claudius II
Person Claudius II
Mint Smyrna
Issue 1
Issue name Phase 2
Datation c. end 268 – early 269
Denomination Antoniniani
obverse reverse
Obverse coin Revers coin
Titulature IMP C M AVR CLAVDIVS AVG Legend VIRTVTI AVG
Obverse mark Reverse mark –/–//SPQR
Bust code D2 Reverse code Virtus 3b
Bust description Bust right, radiate, cuirassed and draped with paludamentum, seen from rear Reverse description Virtus stg. r., holding spear pointing up in r. hand and shield which rests on ground in l. hand.


Specimens of this coin type
Location Reference Quantity Weight Axis Remark
London (1988 6-1-6) Cope et al. 1997, p.146 = Lanz, 44, 16/V/1988, 794 = Gysen 1999, p.38 1 3.89 6 photo
Private collection 1 3.62 6 photo
L. Cesano, 'Gli Antoniani della Riforma Aurelianea ed il rispotiglio di Antiochia di PIsidia', RIN 4 (1921), p. 65, pl. 3.1 1 photo