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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Orange Julius, post: 24716758, member: 77226&quot;]I love this ugly thing and wish I had a nicer one but these funeral pyre types are rare and usually more expensive than I’d like to spend on a Claudius II.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1580480[/ATTACH]</p><p>Roman Imperial </p><p>Divus Claudius II Gothicus.</p><p>Cyzicus mint, 3rd officina. </p><p>Struck under Aurelian, circa early AD 270. </p><p>Radiate bust right, slight drapery; ••• below - DIVO CLAVDIO</p><p>Three-tiered funeral pyre, with two figures standing atop second level; CONSACRATIO –/–//–. Normanby 72; RIC V 256 corr. (bust type); RIC Online 1332 </p><p><br /></p><p>Rare type marking the final appearance of a funeral pyre on Roman coins.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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