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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Roman Collector, post: 5178227, member: 75937&quot;]I&#039;m happy for you, [USER=116315]@Claudius_Gothicus[/USER]! It&#039;s always a rewarding experience to acquire an unappreciated rare coin, especially one so well preserved.</p><p><br /></p><p>Here&#039;s a scarce undated one from Siscia, but which is easy to date.</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://www.cointalk.com/attachments/claudius-ii-restitvtor-orbis-antoninianus-jpg.829093/" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><font size="3">Claudius II, AD 268-270.</font></p><p><font size="3">&nbsp;Roman silvered billon antoninianus, 3.66 g, 19.1 mm, 6 h.</font></p><p><font size="3">&nbsp;Siscia, issue 1, end AD 268.</font></p><p><font size="3">&nbsp;Obv: IMP CLAVDIVS CAES AVG, Bust right, radiate, cuirassed and draped with paludamentum, seen from rear.</font></p><p><font size="3">&nbsp;Rev: RESTITVTOR ORBIS, emperor in military dress standing l., holding patera over small altar in r. hand and spear pointing down in l. hand.</font></p><p><font size="3">&nbsp;Refs: RIC 189; MER/RIC temp no. <a href="http://www.ric.mom.fr/en/coin/562" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.ric.mom.fr/en/coin/562" rel="nofollow">562</a>; Cohen 247; Markl, <i>Num Zeitschr</i> v. 16, p. 427; Alfoldi 1936, 1.2.</font></p><p><br /></p><p>This is one of the scarcer issues by this emperor. No examples are to be found at <a href="https://www.acsearch.info/search.html?term=Claudius+RESTITVTOR" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.acsearch.info/search.html?term=Claudius+RESTITVTOR" rel="nofollow">acsearchinfo</a> or the <a href="http://numismatics.org/ocre/id/ric.5.cg.189" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://numismatics.org/ocre/id/ric.5.cg.189" rel="nofollow">OCRE database</a>. The only <a href="http://www.wildwinds.com/coins/ric/claudius_II/RIC_0189.txt" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.wildwinds.com/coins/ric/claudius_II/RIC_0189.txt" rel="nofollow">example on WildWinds</a> was sold by Lanz on eBay in June 2010 for 101.78 Euros!</p><p><br /></p><p>It&#039;s one of Claudius II&#039;s first issues. <a href="http://www.ric.mom.fr/en/coin/562" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.ric.mom.fr/en/coin/562" rel="nofollow">MER/RIC</a> and Markl (<i>Numismatische Zeitschrift</i> v. 16, p. 427) note it&#039;s from the first emission of the Siscia mint struck at the end of the year AD 268, which bear the obverse inscription IMP CLAVDIVS CAES AVG and bear no officina marks:</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://www.cointalk.com/attachments/markl-jpg.828931/" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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