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Coin of the Day #522 (10/8/2025)
First coin I’ve had to pay tariffs on. Can the Supreme Court please say this (among other things) is illegal soon, thanks.
Roman Province - Pisidia
AE25 - 9.47g
Claudius II 268-270 AD
Antioch Mint
Obverse IMP CAES MA AVR CLAVDIV
Bust of Claudius II right, radiate, draped, cuirassed, from behind
Reverse ANTIOCHI CL S R
Vexillum with SR and eagle flanked by standards
RPC X 94296
Roman coin with images of emperor Claudius Gothicus and Aequitas, goddess of fair trade and honest merchants.
source: Wikimedia commons, Coin from eBay, through Wildwinds. Used with permission.
Portrait of a roman general, perhaps emperor Claudius Gothicus. C. 270 AD. Marble. Ny Carlsberg Glyptoteket, Copenhagen. Inv. 2829
myglyptothek: Faces of ancient Rome
Coin of the Day #358 (4/27/2025)
Claudiu…
Roman Province - Pisidia
AE25 - 8.54g
Claudius II 268-270 AD
Antioch Mint
Obverse IMP CAES CLAVDIV
Bust of Claudius II right, radiate, draped, cuirassed, from behind
Reverse ANTIOCHI S R
Vexillum flanked by standards
RPC X 63367
Coin of the Day #419 (6/27/2025)
Another from the rare imperial mint in Smyrna…
Roman Empire
BI Antoninianus - 21mm 4.37g
Claudius II c. end 268 - early 269 AD
Smyrna Mint
Obverse IMP C M AVR CLAVDIVS AVG
Bust of Claudius II right, radiated, cuirassed, • below
Reverse VENVS AVG
Venus standing left, holding helmet and spear, shield at side, SPQR below
RIC V online 842
Coin of the Day #260 (1/19/2025)
From a very short lived imperial mint…
Roman Empire
BI Antoninianus - 22mm 3.17g
Claudius II end 268 - early 269 AD
Smyrna Mint
Obverse IMP C M AVR CLAVDIVS AVG
Bust of Claudius II right, radiate, cuirassed
Reverse VIRTVTI AVG
Trophy with captives seated at both sides, SPQR below
RIC V online 823
Coin of the Day #397 (6/5/2025)
Oh how I wish the Roman Provinces in Asia continued to make their own coins after the 270s…
Roman Province - Pisidia
AE33 - 17.00g
Claudius II 268-270 AD
Claudioseleucia Mint
Obverse ΑΥ Κ Μ ΑΥΡ ΚΛΑΥΔΙΟC
Bust of Claudius II right, laureate, cuirassed, from front
Reverse ΚΛΑΥΔΙΟCΕΛΕΥΚΕΩΝ
Tyche standing left, holding rudder with branch and cornucopiae
RPC X 63407
Coin of the Day #512 (9/28/2025)
Some silvering on this late antoniniani…
Roman Empire
BI Antoninianus - 20mm 3.58g
Claudius II c. end 268 - end 269 AD
Antioch Mint
Obverse IMP C CLAVDIVS AVG
Bust of Claudius II right, radiate, draped, cuirassed, from behind
Reverse IVNO REGINA
Juno standing left, holding patera and sceptre, peacock at feet left, B below
RIC V online 1020
