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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Roman Collector, post: 2475445, member: 75937&quot;]I received this Claudius Gothicus Antoninianus as part of a lot of 12 mid-late 3rd century bronzes from Auctiones GmbH latest sale. It&#039;s pretty cool and not listed in Sear. While attributing it, I noticed that RIC is in error about the obverse inscription.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]521641[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>RIC claims the obverse inscription reads IMP CLAVDIVS CAESAR AVG.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]521642[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>However, on my coin it reads IMP CLAVDIVS CAES AVG.</p><p><br /></p><p>Cohen reports it reads IMP CLAVDIVS CAES AVG as well.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]521643[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>As does Markl in his article about Claudius II in Numismatische Zeitschrift v. 16, p. 427.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]521644[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>There are two explanations. Either</p><p><br /></p><p>1) RIC is wrong</p><p>2) There are actually two different obverse inscriptions known for this coin.</p><p><br /></p><p>Does anyone have a copy of this coin with the obverse inscription reading CAESAR, not CAES (RIC correct)??[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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