Roman Imperial coin – HCR156341

Obverse

Inscription:

IMP CLAVDIVS AVG

Design:

Bust of Claudius Gothicus, radiate, draped, cuirassed, right, viewed from rear

Reverse

Inscription:

SPES AVG

Design:

Spes, draped, standing left, holding flower in right hand and raising skirt with left hand

Information

Period

Roman Imperial

Person

Claudius II Gothicus

Mint

Siscia

Denomination

Antoninianus

Material

debased silver

Technique

struck

Dating

269 CE (according to MER RIC)

Measurements
Acquisition
Additional information
Ticket
References
Credit

Weight (g)

4.72

Axis

Diameter (mm)

Acquisition method

transfer

Acquisition date

1922

Source

Bodleian Library

Acquisition credit

Transferred from the Bodleian Library, 1922.

Mint-mark (reverse)

-/I//-

Issue

Third Series

Metal Analysis

King and Northover (1997), p.145

Reference

RIC V.1 (first edition) : 191 var.

Note:

Obverse portrait is cuirassed and draped, not just draped (bust type C, not A); Reverse figure is standing left, not walking left

Reference

Bland, R., Besly, E., Burnett, A. and Moorhead, S. - 2018 - The Cunetio and Normanby hoards : cf. Normanby 1069

Note:

Specimen as cited type but smaller obverse portrait, from following issue? (Third Series, First Part, not Second Series, Second Part)

Reference

MER RIC : https://ric.mom.fr/en/coin/660

This specimen

Yes

Reference

OCRE : http://numismatics.org/ocre/id/ric.5.cg.191

Contributors to this coin record

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