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<p>[QUOTE="Orange Julius, post: 7895563, member: 77226"]Gold too! But gold coins for Claudius II seem to be rare. Check out this gold version similar to your coin and the note:</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1363126[/ATTACH]</p><p>“Light aureus (Gold, 1.66 g 12), Siscia, 269-270.Obverse: IMP CLAVDIVS AVG Radiate, draped and cuirassed bust of Claudius II to right.Reverse: AEQVITAS AVG Aequitas standing left, holding scales in her right hand and cornucopia in her left.Rarity: Unique. References: Biaggi –. Calicó –. C. –. H & L 49 (this coin). Cf. RIC 178 (antoninianus).Condition: Weakly struck from antoninianus dies, but, otherwise, good extremely fine.Estimate:8000 – Provenance: Purchased privately, and from the Corsica Hoard of 1957.</p><p><br /></p><p><b>Note</b>: This is a particular fascinating coin. Today gold coins of Claudius II are all extremely rare: those of Milan are the most common today thanks to the pieces found in the Corsica Hoard, but coins from Rome and other mints are astonishingly hard to find. Before 1957 there were only two known aurei from Siscia (one in Zagreb and one in Paris), now, counting the two from the hoard, there are four, with this piece being the most extraordinary. While the three other coins were minted from specially prepared aureus dies, this piece was struck from dies made for an antoninianus: this phenomenon is also known for Gallienus, and at Milan reverses used for gold pieces were often also used for antonininiani (see Göbl 1423 for antoniniani of Gallienus from Siscia with reverse dies that are very close to the one used to strike this piece; see H & L p. 94 for die use at Milan). H & L suggest that dies intended for an antoninianus were used in order to rapidly produce a special donative for Claudius II’s great victory over the Goths, but that emperor’s sudden death precluded the issue and most were melted down.”</p><p><a href="https://www.acsearch.info/search.html?id=221234" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.acsearch.info/search.html?id=221234" rel="nofollow">https://www.acsearch.info/search.html?id=221234</a>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Orange Julius, post: 7895563, member: 77226"]Gold too! But gold coins for Claudius II seem to be rare. Check out this gold version similar to your coin and the note: [ATTACH=full]1363126[/ATTACH] “Light aureus (Gold, 1.66 g 12), Siscia, 269-270.Obverse: IMP CLAVDIVS AVG Radiate, draped and cuirassed bust of Claudius II to right.Reverse: AEQVITAS AVG Aequitas standing left, holding scales in her right hand and cornucopia in her left.Rarity: Unique. References: Biaggi –. Calicó –. C. –. H & L 49 (this coin). Cf. RIC 178 (antoninianus).Condition: Weakly struck from antoninianus dies, but, otherwise, good extremely fine.Estimate:8000 – Provenance: Purchased privately, and from the Corsica Hoard of 1957. [B]Note[/B]: This is a particular fascinating coin. Today gold coins of Claudius II are all extremely rare: those of Milan are the most common today thanks to the pieces found in the Corsica Hoard, but coins from Rome and other mints are astonishingly hard to find. Before 1957 there were only two known aurei from Siscia (one in Zagreb and one in Paris), now, counting the two from the hoard, there are four, with this piece being the most extraordinary. While the three other coins were minted from specially prepared aureus dies, this piece was struck from dies made for an antoninianus: this phenomenon is also known for Gallienus, and at Milan reverses used for gold pieces were often also used for antonininiani (see Göbl 1423 for antoniniani of Gallienus from Siscia with reverse dies that are very close to the one used to strike this piece; see H & L p. 94 for die use at Milan). H & L suggest that dies intended for an antoninianus were used in order to rapidly produce a special donative for Claudius II’s great victory over the Goths, but that emperor’s sudden death precluded the issue and most were melted down.” [URL]https://www.acsearch.info/search.html?id=221234[/URL][/QUOTE]
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