Details
LOT 2985
Claudius II Gothicus BI Antoninianus. AD 268-270.
Uncertain mint. Blank / [VIRTV]S AVG, Virtus, helmetted, standing facing, head to left, holding spear with left hand and resting right hand on shield. Cf. RIC V.1, 254 (Cyzicus). Near Very Fine. Reverse brockage.(2.76gr, 21mm.).
Provenance
From a private, UK, collection in the 1980s.
Property of a London, UK, antiquarian.
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