RIC temp #164

Temp №: 164
Reign Claudius II
Person Claudius II
Mint Rome
Issue 1
Issue name
Datation c. September 268 – end 269
Denomination Antoniniani
obverse reverse
Obverse coin Revers coin
Titulature IMP C CLAVDIVS AVG Legend FORTVNA REDVX
Obverse mark Reverse mark –/ϛ//–
Bust code D2 Reverse code Fortuna 2
Bust description Bust right, radiate, cuirassed and draped with paludamentum, seen from rear Reverse description Fortuna stg. l., holding rudder in r. hand and cornucopiae in l. hand

Note All coins with this reverse are from the same reverse die, including 165.
These coins are possibly hybrids with a reverse die of Gallienus. Against almost all hybrids - which are, indeed, later imitations - theses coins are of perfectly good fabric, style and weights.

Specimens of this coin type
Location Reference Quantity Weight Axis Remark
Vienna (49395, Markl) 1 3.43 7 photo
Vienna (49396, Markl) 1 3.12 7 photo
Zagreb (K 29806 ) Komin 479 corr. 1 12 photo
Child's Ercall (CHRB V), illustration no. 2, p. 8 1