Recently, I bought these commemorative antoniniani of the Claudius Gothicus, with two different altars on the reverse, both from Cyzicus mint. These commemorative type were issued by Quintillus or Aurelian. Claudius Gothicus first crushed the Alemanni tribe who had invaded Roman territory. Soon after Goths poured into the empire. Against all advice, Claudius confronted the barbarians at Naissus in Upper Moesia. He fought a brilliant battle and annihilated them. Unfortunately for the empire, he died of plague after a reign of only two years. Ob. DIVO CLAVDIO Rev. CONSECRATIO Altar enclosure with flames rising from top, horns visible at either side. Funeral pyre of three levels with arch in first, two statues on second, and eagle facing on the third. Post your Gothicus altars, there are many variants.
Nice, I especially like you funeral pyre Claudius a coin type that has eluded me but would really like. I have one of the altar type bought from our Coin Talk friend Ken Dorney who not only sold it cheap generously sent it to Australia for free.
Had Claudius Gothicus not died of the plague so early in his reign. I think late Roman history, and that of the rest of the world, would have been very different, and for the better, too.
Love that funeral pyre - I've never spotted one of those for sale! Here's an odd one... a DIVO CLAVDIO muled with a Quintillus PAX AVGVSTI reverse. These are common-ish from Rome, but scarce to rare elsewhere.
Because we call him Claudius Gothicus I always wanted one of the DIVO CLAVDIO GOTHICO coins. Of course I would have preferred one with the GOTHICO unimpared by the flan flaw but it is the one that found me first. I have not seen that many but the RIC online has 87 of them so they are not rare. Milan first issue http://www.ric.mom.fr/en/coin/1272?...e=&Reference=&page=1&mod=result&from=advanced
Can somebody help me to identify this right coin on photo. Left is standard Claudius II Gothicus antoninianus, and right small, 15 mm diameter, thick I think Claudius II Gothicus PAX AVG, but I do not know anything about this small version of antoninian.
Great coins @gogili1977 - I don't have a DIVO CLAVDIO yet but I've got my eyes open for one. Here's my humble Claudius II.
