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<p>[QUOTE="Orange Julius, post: 7433992, member: 77226"]Great coins! I really like Claudius II coins too.</p><p><br /></p><p>While I don't have a VIRTVTI AVG coin of CII, I have a Gallienus that is similar to your trophy coin but... I think from an Eastern mint usually described as Antioch.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1290205[/ATTACH] </p><p>Gallienus AE Antoninianus, Antioch. Sole reign. AD 265. GALLIENVS AVG, radiate, draped, cuirassed bust right / PAX FVNDATA, Trophy with a captive on each side. Mintmark: branch right. RIC 652; RSC 770; Goebl 1635i; Sear 10306.</p><p><br /></p><p>and a Claudius II trophy coin of Cyzicus:</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1290206[/ATTACH] </p><p>Claudius II Antoninianus. Cyzicus. IMP CLAVDIVS PF AVG, radiate, draped, cuirassed bust right, two dots beneath bust / VICTORIAE GOTHIC, Two captives bound and seated back to back at the base of a trophy. Alföldi 32/3; Normanby hoard 1108A; RIC V-1, 252 Cyzicus var (no mintmark).[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Orange Julius, post: 7433992, member: 77226"]Great coins! I really like Claudius II coins too. While I don't have a VIRTVTI AVG coin of CII, I have a Gallienus that is similar to your trophy coin but... I think from an Eastern mint usually described as Antioch. [ATTACH=full]1290205[/ATTACH] Gallienus AE Antoninianus, Antioch. Sole reign. AD 265. GALLIENVS AVG, radiate, draped, cuirassed bust right / PAX FVNDATA, Trophy with a captive on each side. Mintmark: branch right. RIC 652; RSC 770; Goebl 1635i; Sear 10306. and a Claudius II trophy coin of Cyzicus: [ATTACH=full]1290206[/ATTACH] Claudius II Antoninianus. Cyzicus. IMP CLAVDIVS PF AVG, radiate, draped, cuirassed bust right, two dots beneath bust / VICTORIAE GOTHIC, Two captives bound and seated back to back at the base of a trophy. Alföldi 32/3; Normanby hoard 1108A; RIC V-1, 252 Cyzicus var (no mintmark).[/QUOTE]
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