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Claudius II Gothicus, September 268 - August or September 270 A.D.
Virtus was a specific virtue in ancient Rome. It carried connotations of valor, manliness, excellence, courage, character, and worth, perceived as masculine strengths (from Latin vir, "man"). Virtus applied exclusively to a man's behavior in the public sphere, that is to the application of duty to the res publica in the cursus honorum. Private business was no place to earn virtus, even when it involved courage or feats of arms or other good qualities. There could be no virtue in exploiting one's manliness in the pursuit of personal wealth, for example. It was thus a frequently stated virtue of Roman emperors and was personified as the deity Virtus.RA84409. Billon antoninianus, MER-RIC T1060, Huvelin 1990 23, Komin 1281, Bastien-Huvelin 77, RIC V-1 225, Cohen VI 316, SRCV III 11386, Hunter IV - (p. lxxxii), aVF, gray metal, grainy surfaces, 6th officina, Antioch (Antakya, Turkey) mint, weight 3.259g, maximum diameter 22.2mm, die axis 0o, issue 3, c. early - mid 270; obverse IMP C CLAVDIVS AVG, radiate, draped, and cuirassed bust right, seen from behind; reverse VIRTVS AVG (the valor of the Emperor), Minerva standing half right, head right, draped, wearing crested Corinthian helmet, spear vertical with point up in right hand, resting left hand on grounded oval shield, nothing in exergue; SOLD
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