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<p>[QUOTE="zumbly, post: 4887407, member: 57495"]Neat! Great coin, too, and especially handsome in your own pics. </p><p><br /></p><p>The Claudius II below features in an article by the former owner/collector, Finn Johannessen, that was published in the Celator in October 2002. </p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1179384[/ATTACH]<b>CLAUDIUS II GOTHICUS</b></p><p>AE/Billon Antoninianus. 3.61g, 21mm. Rome mint, circa Sep AD 268 - end AD 269. New RIC V/1 Online temp #194 (<i>this coin cited</i>). O: IMP C CLAVDIVS AVG, radiate, draped and cuirassed bust right, seen from rear. R: ANNONA AVG, Annona standing left, holding corn-ears and cornucopiae; prow of ship at her feet.</p><p><i>Ex Finn Johannessen Collection (purchased from Silenos Coins, 16 Dec 2001), illustrated in the article “Just my Claudius II Ant’s worth", written by the collector and published in <a href="https://community.vcoins.com/thecelator/The-Celator-Vol.16-No.10-Oct-2002.pdf" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://community.vcoins.com/thecelator/The-Celator-Vol.16-No.10-Oct-2002.pdf" rel="nofollow">The Celator vol. 16, no. 10 (October 2002)</a>, pl. 30, fig. 10 </i></p><p><br /></p><p>More recently, I came across a picture of my coin below, not in an article, but on Twitter of all places. <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie8" alt=":D" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /> The picture used by the poster were not mine, but, if I'm not wrong, was edited from original auction catalog image. </p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1179387[/ATTACH]<b>JULIA DOMNA</b></p><p>AR Denarius. 3.92g, 20.1mm. Rome mint, circa AD 198-207. RIC IV (Septimius) 564. O: IVLIA AVGVSTA, draped bust right; hair waved vertically and fastened in large bun on back. R: MATER DEVM, Cybele seated on throne, holding branch extended in right hand, left elbow resting on drum, set on throne; on both sides of throne, lions seated left; the one on left only half seen.</p><p><i>Ex A.K. Collection (Triton XX, 9 Jan 17, Part of Lot 614); ex stock Münzen und Medaillen Basel 1971</i> </p><p><br /></p><p>Because I was amused by the randomness of it all, I saved a screenshot of the Twitter post...</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1179392[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="zumbly, post: 4887407, member: 57495"]Neat! Great coin, too, and especially handsome in your own pics. The Claudius II below features in an article by the former owner/collector, Finn Johannessen, that was published in the Celator in October 2002. [ATTACH=full]1179384[/ATTACH][B]CLAUDIUS II GOTHICUS[/B] AE/Billon Antoninianus. 3.61g, 21mm. Rome mint, circa Sep AD 268 - end AD 269. New RIC V/1 Online temp #194 ([I]this coin cited[/I]). O: IMP C CLAVDIVS AVG, radiate, draped and cuirassed bust right, seen from rear. R: ANNONA AVG, Annona standing left, holding corn-ears and cornucopiae; prow of ship at her feet. [I]Ex Finn Johannessen Collection (purchased from Silenos Coins, 16 Dec 2001), illustrated in the article “Just my Claudius II Ant’s worth", written by the collector and published in [URL='https://community.vcoins.com/thecelator/The-Celator-Vol.16-No.10-Oct-2002.pdf']The Celator vol. 16, no. 10 (October 2002)[/URL], pl. 30, fig. 10 [/I] More recently, I came across a picture of my coin below, not in an article, but on Twitter of all places. :D The picture used by the poster were not mine, but, if I'm not wrong, was edited from original auction catalog image. [ATTACH=full]1179387[/ATTACH][B]JULIA DOMNA[/B] AR Denarius. 3.92g, 20.1mm. Rome mint, circa AD 198-207. RIC IV (Septimius) 564. O: IVLIA AVGVSTA, draped bust right; hair waved vertically and fastened in large bun on back. R: MATER DEVM, Cybele seated on throne, holding branch extended in right hand, left elbow resting on drum, set on throne; on both sides of throne, lions seated left; the one on left only half seen. [I]Ex A.K. Collection (Triton XX, 9 Jan 17, Part of Lot 614); ex stock Münzen und Medaillen Basel 1971[/I] Because I was amused by the randomness of it all, I saved a screenshot of the Twitter post... [ATTACH=full]1179392[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]
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