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One of the scarcer Claudius II issues and my favorite:


Claudius II, AD 268-270.
Roman silvered billon antoninianus, 3.66 g, 19.1 mm, 6 h.
Siscia, issue 1, end AD 268.
Obv: IMP CLAVDIVS CAES AVG, Bust right, radiate, cuirassed and draped with paludamentum, seen from rear.
Rev: RESTITVTOR ORBIS, emperor in military dress standing l., holding patera over small altar in r. hand and spear pointing down in l. hand.
Refs: RIC 189; MER/RIC temp no. 562; Cohen 247; Markl, Num Zeitschr v. 16, p. 427; Alfoldi 1936, 1.2.

 

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Claudius II (268 - 270 A.D.)
Egypt, Alexandria
Billon Tetradrachm
O: AVT K KLA-VDIOC CEB, laureate cuirassed bust right.
R: , eagle standing left, head right, with wreath in its beak.L-B = Year 2.
8.18g
13.7mm
Alexandria Milne 4248

 

We are jumping the gun to go all the way to CII. We're still on Macrianus and Quietus, plus there's a lot more in between. Bing posted a Quietus, here's a Macrianus:

 

Macrianus (260 - 261 A.D.)
Egypt, Alexandria
Potin Tetradrachm
O: A K T ΦIOVΛ MAKPIANOC E CEB, laureate and cuirassed bust right.
R: Eagle standing left, wreath in its beak.L A (regnal year = 1)
22.4mm
10.44g
Alexandria Milne 4056, Köln 3011, Dattari 5380, Emmett 3785; Sear 10816.

 

Fingers crossed someone proves me wrong and posts a Regalianus and Dryantilla.
Next by the list would be Post-haste-much

Postumus
Romano-Gallic Emperor, AD
260-269. Æ Irregular mint –
"Mint II". 2nd bronze phase,
first period, AD 264-266.
Radiate, draped, and
cuirassed bust right / Pax
advancing left, holding
branch and scepter

 

POSTUMUS:

RI Postumus 259-268 CE Antoninianus Cologne Oriens ex tif


2 REBELS against Postumus:

1) AUREOLUS

RI Postumus struck by Aureolus 268 CE Revolt of Milan Concordia


2) LAELIANUS


Laelianus, AD 269
AE Antoninianus, 19mm, 3.4g, 6h; Moguntiacum mint.
Obv.: IMP C LAELIANVS PF AVG; Radiate, cuirassed bust right.
Rev.: VICTORIA AVG; Victory advancing right.
Reference: RIC Vb 9, p. 373

 

LAELIANUS
269 CE. Antoninianus (19
MM, 2.66 gm). Mint city II
(Cologne). Radiate and
cuirassed bust right / Victory
advancing right, holding
palm and wreath. RIC V 9;
AGK 1c; Gilljam dies IX/54

 

MARIUS

RI Marius 269 Gallic Usurper BI Ant CONCORD MILIT Clasped Hands

 

Man, that's a beast of a Laelianus! But what really sticks out is your nice round AUREOLUS

 

I purchased my Marius from V coins, but I've never been happy with the portrait:

Marius
269 CE AE Antoninianus,
Colonia lint (Köln), 269
18mm/2.47g
IMPCMAVRMARIVSAVG
Radiate,cuirassedbustright
R/VICTORI-AAVG
Victorystandingfacing,head left,
palm in left hand, wreath in
rightRIC V, 17; C.21, Elmer 638
Porous obversefine/VF

 

Thank you. LOL they all look the same to me!

 

Postumus with his friend Serapis.





Postumus AE double sestertius:

 

Postumus

 

I have a nice one:



a so=so one :



and a rubbish one, according to Doug it might be a galley on the reverse:

 

Victorinus is next!


Victorinus, AD 269-271.
Roman billon antoninianus, 2.63 g 20.1 mm.
Cologne (though CNG attributes this coin to Treveri), AD 269/70.
Obv: IMP C PIAV VICTORINVS PF AVG, radiate, draped bust, right.
Rev: FIDES MILITVM, Fides standing left, holding two standards.
Refs: RIC-109; Cohen-36; AGK-5b; De Witte pl. XXVI, 22; RCV --.




Victorinus, AD 269-271.
Roman billon antoninianus, 2.11 g, 19.0 mm, 5 h.
Cologne, AD 270-271.
Obv: IMP C VICTORINVS P F AVG, radiate and draped bust, right.
Rev: PAX AVG, Pax standing left, holding olive branch and scepter; V in left field, * in right field.
Refs: RIC 118; Cohen 79; RCV 11175; Hunter 11.

Sulzer had one of these, too:

 

Bronze Antoninianus
Gallic Empire, unidentified southern mint
Obv: IMP C VICTORINVS P F AVG
Rev: SALVS AVG - Salus, standing left, with scepter and patera, feeding snake coiled around altar
RIC 71, var.
18x20mm, 2.3g.
Note: RIC does not mention the patera or scepter in describing this coin. This is probably an omission. All version of this coin that I have seen include them.

 

I'm sure RIC's failure to mention the patera or scepter is simply an oversight. You can see the authors cite Cohen 118:



Yet Cohen clearly mentions the scepter and implies the patera (feeding a serpent coiled around an altar):



The catalog of Sulzer's collection, published in 1777, notes this coin, clearly mentioning the patera and scepter (hasta pura), too:

 

Victorinius

 

I haven't checked this thread in awhile, but here's my Victorinus...ex. the Dr. W. Wruck collection.

 

VICTORINUS
269-271 embossings of the
main Mint Trier Antoninianus,
Imp C VICTORINVS. P. F. Avg.
Drap. Tank bust with STKR.
Right. RV/S – ALV – s Avg. Salus
N. Left standing, Fathera in the
right, long sceptre in the left
holding, before the altar from
which a serpent winds up. C
118. AGK 20. Elmer 697
(Cologne

Tetricus I
Æ Antoninianus. Cologne,
272-273. IMP C TETRICVS
P F AVG, radiate, draped
and cuirassed bust right /
COMES AVG, Victory
standing left, holding wreath
and palm. RIC 56. 2.73g,
22mm, 12h.
Good Fine - Very Fine

Tetricus II
(Caesar, 273-274). Æ Radiate (16mm,
2.35g, 12h). Treveri. Radiate and draped
bust r. R/ Spes walking l., holding flower
and raising skirt. RIC V pt. 2, 270. Brown
patina, Good Fine – VF