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Divus Claudius II Gothicus. Died AD 270. Æ Fractional Follis (16mm, 1.46 g, 6h). Siscia mint. Struck under Constantine I, AD 317-318. DIVO CLAVDIO OPTIMO IMP, laureate and veiled head right / REQVIES OPTIMO-RVM MERITORVM, Divus Claudius seated left on curule chair, raising hand and holding scepter; SIS. RIC VII 43 (R3). EF, green patina, some smoothing in fields.
From the Finn Johannessen Collection, purchased from Mihai Matei, 5 October 2006.
As the Tetrarchy fell apart, Constantine began to publicly assert that he was descended from Claudius Gothicus. This illustrious ancestry formed the basis for Constantine's claim to have the right to rule over an undivided empire.
From the Finn Johannessen Collection, purchased from Mihai Matei, 5 October 2006.
As the Tetrarchy fell apart, Constantine began to publicly assert that he was descended from Claudius Gothicus. This illustrious ancestry formed the basis for Constantine's claim to have the right to rule over an undivided empire.