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   View Categories Home > Catalog > |Roman Coins| > |Recovery of the Empire| > |Claudius II| > RA91616
Claudius II Gothicus, September 268 - August or September 270 A.D.
|Claudius| |II|, |Claudius| |II| |Gothicus,| |September| |268| |-| |August| |or| |September| |270| |A.D.|, Jupiter or Jove, Zeus to the Greeks, was the king of the gods and god of the sky and thunder, and of laws and social order. As the patron deity of ancient Rome, he was the chief god of the Capitoline Triad, with his sister and wife Juno. The father of Mars, he is, therefore, the grandfather of Romulus and Remus, the legendary founders of Rome. Emperors frequently made vows to Jupiter for protection. The Roman's believed as the king of the gods, Jupiter favored emperors and kings, those in positions of authority similar to his own.
RA91616. Billon antoninianus, MER-RIC T252, Hunter IV 16, Normanby 676, Venèra 7435-7524, Çanakkale 1554-1588, Appleshaw 181, Chalgrove II 309, RIC V-1 54, aVF, brown tone, porous, tight flan, die break obverse left field, slightly ragged edge, 9th officina, Rome mint, weight 3.257g, maximum diameter 20.0mm, die axis 180o, 1st issue, c. Sep 268 - end 269; obverse IMP C CLAVDIVS AVG, radiate cuirassed bust right, from the front; reverse IOVI VICTORI, Jupiter standing left, nude but for cloak over shoulders, thunderbolt in right hand, long scepter vertical in left hand; from the Maxwell Hunt Collection; SOLD











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