A.K.Collection: Coin ID I12 from Lot no. 857

   

Divus Claudius II Gothicus, died AD 270. Antoninianus (BI; 17-19mm; 2.89g; 5h) Rome, 1st issue, ca end 270-271. DIVO CLAVDIO Radiate head to right. Rev. CONSECRATIO Altar, with flame above, divided in four squares with a dot inside of each square.
Bastien 2715ff.; Cunetio 2313 (22 known); MIR 47 pl. 36: 99mOa(7) (this coin illustrated); Normanby 1110; RIC V, I p. 233, 261; RIC online (temp.) 1275 (602 known).
From the Naegeli collection and from the stock of F. Sternberg AG, Zurich 1977 and illustrated in MIR 47 pl. 36.