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Coin Type: Billon antoninianus of Claudius II Gothicus, 268-270 CE Mint and Date: Antioch, Officina 7, 268-270 CE. Size and Weight: 20mm x 21mm, 3.53g. Obverse: IMP C CLAVDIVS AVG Radiate, draped and cuirassed bust right. Reverse: REGI ARTIS Vulcan standing right, wearing a Greek exomis (short chiton with one shoulder bare) and a blacksmith's cap with fleece inwards, in the manner of Hephaistos; tongs in left hand in front, hammer in right hand behind. Exergue: blank. Provenance: antiquarica (eBay), August 2009 Ref: RCV (2005) 11365 var (exergue can be Z); RIC V 215. BW Ref: 038 044 150 |
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