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<p>[QUOTE="Claudius_Gothicus, post: 5387112, member: 116315"]My two most recent acquisitions are definitely not that pretty, but if you're collecting the coinage of the emperors of the Crisis of the Third Century, then you'll likely have to put rarity above condition:</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1231240[/ATTACH]</p><p>Claudius II (268-270), Antoninianus, Cyzicus mint, 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>Extremely rare bust type - only one (an obverse die match) on RIC V Online and no other examples in auction archives.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1231241[/ATTACH]</p><p>Claudius II (268-270), Antoninianus, Siscia mint, second officina.</p><p>Obverse: IMP CLAVDIVS AVG, radiate, draped and cuirassed bust left, seen from the front;</p><p>Reverse: PA-X A-VG, Pax standing left, holding olive branch in right hand and long transverse sceptre in left hand, II in left field;</p><p>Unpublished and possibly unique, the combination of this left-facing bust with this reverse type is missing even from RIC V Online.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Claudius_Gothicus, post: 5387112, member: 116315"]My two most recent acquisitions are definitely not that pretty, but if you're collecting the coinage of the emperors of the Crisis of the Third Century, then you'll likely have to put rarity above condition: [ATTACH=full]1231240[/ATTACH] Claudius II (268-270), Antoninianus, Cyzicus mint, second officina. Obverse: IMP C M AVR CLAVDIVS AVG, radiate, draped and cuirassed bust with paludamentum left, seen from behind, two dots beneath; Rev: VICTORI-A-E GOTHIC, trophy and arms flanked by two captives, SPQR in exergue; RIC 251 (var.), RIC V online 926. Extremely rare bust type - only one (an obverse die match) on RIC V Online and no other examples in auction archives. [ATTACH=full]1231241[/ATTACH] Claudius II (268-270), Antoninianus, Siscia mint, second officina. Obverse: IMP CLAVDIVS AVG, radiate, draped and cuirassed bust left, seen from the front; Reverse: PA-X A-VG, Pax standing left, holding olive branch in right hand and long transverse sceptre in left hand, II in left field; Unpublished and possibly unique, the combination of this left-facing bust with this reverse type is missing even from RIC V Online.[/QUOTE]
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