A.K.Collection: Coin ID B21 from Lot no. 817

   

Claudius II Gothicus AD 268-270 Antoninianus (AR; 20-21mm; 3.20g; 7h) Antioch, 3rd issue, 3rd or 7th officina, ca early 269 – early 270. IMP C CLAVDIVS AVG Radiate bust of Claudius Gothicus to left. Rev. SOLV-S (sic) AVG Sol standing to left, with right hand raised and holding whip in left hand. Nice silvering.
C. 274; Huvelin 1990, 49var; mt 10, 2009 p. 132f. and pl. 17 (this coin illustrated); RIC V, I p. 230, 221; RIC online (temp.) 1053 with note b) “engraver’s error on at least three reverse dies”.
Ex F. Sternberg AG 19, Zurich 18-19 Nov 1987, 934 (Lot 17).