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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Claudius_Gothicus, post: 8075068, member: 116315&quot;]Almost a year ago (time flies so fast!) I posted <a href="https://www.cointalk.com/threads/ancient-errors-emperor-caudius.374605/" class="internalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.cointalk.com/threads/ancient-errors-emperor-caudius.374605/">a thread</a> in which I discussed a coin of Claudius II from the Antioch mint with an unusual error in the obverse legend, as the emperor&#039;s name was misspelled as &quot;Caudius&quot;. While back then I wasn&#039;t planning to make this a recurring series, the fact that I have acquired another coin of his reign with a significant error makes me wonder whether I should; I guess it will depend on whether I can obtain any other examples in the future.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1401510[/ATTACH] </p><p>Roman Empire, Claudius II (268-270), Antoninianus, Rome mint.</p><p>Obverse: IMP C CLAVDIVS AVG, radiate, draped and cuirassed bust right, seen from behind;</p><p>Reverse: IOVI VI-CTORI, Jupiter standing left, head right, holding long sceptre in right hand and thunderbolt in left hand;</p><p>RIC V - (c.f. RIC V 54); RIC V Online 251;</p><p><br /></p><p>At first sight it might seem like a perfectly normal Claudius II from the Rome mint, but if you look at it more carefully you might notice that there&#039;s something wrong with the reverse: while the legend names &quot;Jupiter the Victorious&quot;, the figure on the reverse is in the pose of &quot;Jupiter the Sustainer&quot;! Here&#039;s a comparison between the two types to make the situation clearer:</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1401515[/ATTACH] </p><p><i>(Image courtesy of Roma Numismatics)</i></p><p><i><br /></i></p><p>Here&#039;s how a correct IOVI VICTORI antoninianus is supposed to look like: this depiction of Jupiter (Jupiter 1, as it&#039;s called on RIC V Online) has him standing left with thunderbolt in right hand and long sceptre in the left one.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1401516[/ATTACH] </p><p><i>(Image courtesy of Roma Numismatics)</i></p><p><i><br /></i></p><p>This, on the other hand, is a correct IOVI STATORI antoninianus (Jupiter 2), and just like on my coin, he is still standing left, but he has now switched the hands in which he keeps his attributes.</p><p><br /></p><p>Since the quality of the engraving and of the striking is very good, I&#039;m certain that my coin is an official product; as for what happened, if this mistake was known from only one die then I&#039;d say that it was a simple error caused by a lack of attention in making the die, but as you can see below, there&#039;s at least one other die with this odd mismatched legend-depiction pairing, so maybe it was caused by a new engraver that wasn&#039;t familiar with how to correctly associate the legends and the depictions? It&#039;s also worth mentioning that, as far as I know, the opposite of this error doesn&#039;t exist: there are no antoniniani with a IOVI STATORI reverse legend paired with a &quot;Jupiter 1&quot;.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1401524[/ATTACH] </p><p><i>(Image courtesy of RIC V Online)</i></p><p><br /></p><p>The story behind these two different versions of Jupiter is quite interesting as well: both of them had their own temple on the Palatine Hill and, according to legend, the one dedicated to Jupiter Stator had been built by Romulus himself after Jupiter had answered his prayers during a losing battle and had given the fleeing Roman soldiers enough courage to regroup and defeat the Sabines, while the one to Jupiter Victor had been vowed by Fabius Maximus Rutilianus after the battle of Sentinum, the decisive clash of the Third Samnite War. Both of these buildings have appeared on some rare Roman bronzes, as well as other temples to Jupiter, like the one dedicated to Jupiter Ultor, which is very useful as it allows us to view what the buildings looked like, considering that they didn&#039;t survive until the present day:</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1401529[/ATTACH] </p><p><i>(The temple of Jupiter Stator - Image courtesy of Classical Numismatic Group)</i></p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1401530[/ATTACH] </p><p><i>(The temple of Jupiter Victor - Image courtesy of Numismatica Ars Classica)</i></p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1401531[/ATTACH] </p><p><i>(The temple of Jupiter Ultor - Image courtesy of Classical Numismatic Group)</i></p><p><br /></p><p>That&#039;s all for now; post your coins with errors, your coins featuring Jupiter, your coins with architectural types, or anything else you feel like might be relevant <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie1" alt=":)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />![/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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