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Claudius II Gothicus. AD 268-270. Antoninianus (19mm, 3.33 g, 6h). Mediolanum (Milan) mint, 1st officina. 1st emission, circa September AD 268-mid AD 269. Radiate, draped, and cuirassed bust right / Aesculapius standing facing, head left, leaning on serpent-entwined staff; –/–//P. Normanby 1007 var. (pellet stops in obv. legend); RIC V 165; RIC Online 22 (this coin cited). EF, brown patina with partial silvering, some roughness on reverse.
From the Finn Johannessen Collection, purchased from Bogicic Dragan, 29 July 2003.
RIC Online records two variants for this type: one with pellets in obverse legend and one without (as the current lot). This variant without pellets stops is the scarcer of the two.
From the Finn Johannessen Collection, purchased from Bogicic Dragan, 29 July 2003.
RIC Online records two variants for this type: one with pellets in obverse legend and one without (as the current lot). This variant without pellets stops is the scarcer of the two.