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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;cmezner, post: 5177519, member: 87809&quot;]In his two-year reign Claudius II struck coins with very little silver, but then they look a bit better when compared to other 3rd century ones.</p><p><br /></p><p>Antoninianus, Rome, 269 AD, 5th officina, 4th emission. The letter M is written as IIII that is a sure sign of being from the Rome mint.</p><p>19 x 20 mm, 2.450 g</p><p>RIC V Claudius Gothicus 38 var. Not in RIC with ϵ on rev. r. field; Cohen 92;</p><p><br /></p><p>Ob.: IMP CLAVDIVS AVG head of Claudius Gothicus, radiate, right</p><p>Rev.: FIDES MILITVM (The Fidelity of Soldiers), Fides, draped, standing l., holding standard in r. hand and spear in l. hand; Є in r. field</p><p><br /></p><p style="text-align: center">[ATTACH=full]1211913[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]1211914[/ATTACH]</p> <p style="text-align: center"><br /></p><p>A number of coins refer to Virtus Augusti, considered by Huvelin to have been struck in celebration of the victory at Lake Garda over Germanic raiders. A similar motif is used on Antoninianii attributed to the Siscia mint:</p><p><br /></p><p>Antoninianus, Pannonia, Siscia, 269 AD mintmark * | II</p><p>19 x 20 mm, 3.669 g</p><p>RIC V Claudius Gothicus 195; Cohen 314; </p><p>Ob.: IMP CLAVDIVS AVG Bust of Claudius Gothicus, radiate, cuirassed, right</p><p>Rev.: VIRTVS AVG Soldier, helmeted, in military attire, standing l., leaning on shield and holding spear in l. hand; Mintmark: * | II</p><p><br /></p><p style="text-align: center">[ATTACH=full]1211917[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]1211919[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>This last and quite ratty one, might be a hybrid, according to what&nbsp; <a href="http://@maridvnum" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://@maridvnum" rel="nofollow">@maridvnum</a> notes:</p><p><br /></p><p>Antoninianus, Rome, September 268 - early 269 AD</p><p>20 x 21 mm, 2.747 g</p><p>RIC V Claudius Gothicus 18, Cohen 21</p><p><br /></p><p>Ob.: IMP C CLAVDIVS AVG Bust of Claudius Gothicus, radiate, cuirassed, right</p><p>Rev.: ANNONA AVG Annona, draped, standing l., foot on prow, holding corn-ears in r. hand and cornucopiae in l. hand</p><p style="text-align: center">[ATTACH=full]1211920[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]1211921[/ATTACH]</p><p>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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