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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Claudius_Gothicus, post: 5370332, member: 116315&quot;]I know that it&#039;s only the 3rd of January, and that it&#039;s still too early to judge, but I&#039;m honestly hopeful that, if the year opened like this, then it will end up being at least a good one. While I didn&#039;t get this coin for the starting bid, as I was hoping I would, I still think the price was more than fair. It certainly isn&#039;t a pretty coin, but I can&#039;t be picky, since it&#039;s apparently the second known example with this bust type, and I very much doubt another one will come up for sale anytime soon:</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1228976[/ATTACH]</p><p>Claudius II (268-270), antoninianus, Cyzicus mint, third emission, second officina.</p><p>Obverse: IMP C M AVR CLAVDIVS AVG, radiate, draped and cuirassed bust with paludamentum left, seen from behind, two dots beneath;</p><p>Rev: VICTORI-A-E GOTHIC, trophy and arms flanked by two captives, SPQR in exergue;</p><p>RIC 251 (var.), RIC V online 926.</p><p><br /></p><p>The Cyzicus antoniniani commemorating Claudius II&#039;s victory over the Goths at Naissus were struck with a large variety of busts: some of them are common, some of them are rare and impressive (like the heroic types), and some are also rare yet garner little attention, like this one, which is an extremely rare seen-from-behind variation of the still quite rare left-facing, seen from the front bust type.</p><p>While on my coin the face has been almost completely obliterated (I&#039;m guessing by a bad strike?), the strike itself was very well centered, and as a result the bust has preserved all the armour detail, when compared to the other known example, which is an obverse die match: <a href="http://www.ric.mom.fr/en/coin/926?tempRIC=926&amp;asmSelect0=&amp;asmSelect1=&amp;asmSelect2=&amp;asmSelect3=&amp;asmSelect4=&amp;asmSelect5=&amp;asmSelect6=&amp;asmSelect7=&amp;asmSelect8=&amp;asmSelect9=&amp;asmSelect10=&amp;asmSelect11=&amp;BustDescription=&amp;ReverseDescription=&amp;Note=&amp;Reference=&amp;page=1&amp;mod=result&amp;from=advanced" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.ric.mom.fr/en/coin/926?tempRIC=926&amp;asmSelect0=&amp;asmSelect1=&amp;asmSelect2=&amp;asmSelect3=&amp;asmSelect4=&amp;asmSelect5=&amp;asmSelect6=&amp;asmSelect7=&amp;asmSelect8=&amp;asmSelect9=&amp;asmSelect10=&amp;asmSelect11=&amp;BustDescription=&amp;ReverseDescription=&amp;Note=&amp;Reference=&amp;page=1&amp;mod=result&amp;from=advanced" rel="nofollow">http://www.ric.mom.fr/en/coin/926?tempRIC=926&amp;asmSelect0=&amp;asmSelect1=&amp;asmSelect2=&amp;asmSelect3=&amp;asmSelect4=&amp;asmSelect5=&amp;asmSelect6=&amp;asmSelect7=&amp;asmSelect8=&amp;asmSelect9=&amp;asmSelect10=&amp;asmSelect11=&amp;BustDescription=&amp;ReverseDescription=&amp;Note=&amp;Reference=&amp;page=1&amp;mod=result&amp;from=advanced</a>.</p><p>With that having been said, I&#039;m wondering what this little wavy line in front of the bust represents:</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1228986[/ATTACH]</p><p>It clearly isn&#039;t a die crack, so is it simply armour/ a flowy piece of drapery? Could it be the backside of a shield?</p><p><br /></p><p>Anyways, the next few weeks should be fun, since I have five other coins still in the mail, and this one will be the sixth. Post some particularly rare coins you own, your coins commemorating a victory, or anything else you feel is relevant.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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