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A billon antoninianus of the emperor Claudius II Gothicus with a reverse showing Apollo with branch and lyre. Coin Type: Billon antoninianus of Claudius II Gothicus, 268-270 CE
Mint and Date: Antioch, 2nd issue, early 269 CE. Officina 7.
Size and Weight: 20mm x 21mm, 2.94g
Obverse: IMP C CLAVDIVS AVG
Radiate, draped and cuirassed bust right, seen from behind.
Reverse: SALV-S AVG
Apollo, laureate, standing facing, head left, a laurel branch dangling from his right hand, his left resting on a lyre set on the ground.
Exergue: A pellet.
Provenance: antiquarica (eBay), August 2009
Ref: RCV (2005) 11368 var; RIC V 216 var (pellet in the exergue).
BW Ref: 036 042 143
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