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Sale: CNG 61, Lot: 2036. Closing Date: Sep 25, 
2002. BID Estimate $750  

CLAUDIUS II GOTHICUS. 268-270 AD. Antoninianus 
3.46 gm). Cyzicus mint. IMP C M AVR CLAVDIVS AVG, 
radiate, draped and cuirassed bust left, right 
hand raised, holding globe in left / VIRTVTI 
AVGVSTI, M-C across field, Hercules standing 
right, right hand behind back, lion's skin draped 
across left arm, holding club resting on ground in 
his left hand. 
RIC V pt. 1, -; Hunter -; Cunetio 
-; Normanby -; Chalfont -; Cohen -. Near EF, 
nearly full silvering, some minor roughness. 
Unpublished obverse and reverse type for Claudius! 

(Later note from Dane: This obverse and reverse,
albeit with no mention of the M-C, was published by
Märkl at the turn of the century. NZ 16, p. 445.

See Triton III, lot 1163, for another example of 
this same type, struck from the same obverse die! 
            ($750)
Lot sold for  $1400, plus buyers fees.

Used by permission of Classical Numismatic Group, www.cngcoins.com.