Kenchreai Archaeological Archive: Co 392 (Middle Roman antoninianus in the name of the deified Claudius II from Milan)

: Co 392 (Middle Roman antoninianus in the name of the deified Claudius II from Milan) [permalink]
Type: Inventoried Coin
Is Part Of: Coin Finds
Not after (date): 270
Not before (date): 270
Comment: JLR: Upon his death in early AD 270 at Sirmium, the Roman Senate immediately recognized the emperor as Divus Claudius. Imperial authority: Quintillus or Aurelian?
Logical part of: Chicago/Indiana/Vanderbilt Excavations Inventoried Coins
Typological identification: RIC V.1 Claudius Gothicus 261
Contributor Notes: 2008 (May-June): R. Weir studied and described, with reference to KenchreaiIII.
Preservation description: Wear: VF+. Large chips broken from edge; minute pitting; one crater on obverse lower center. Thin, intermittent film of white and pale blue bronze disease on both faces.
Published as: KenchreaiIII, pp. 32, 85, no. 326 (R. Hohlfelder)
Axis (1-12): 12
Has denomination: Antoninianus
Numismatic Authority: Claudius II Gothicus (268-270)
Numismatic Diameter (mm): 24.0
Numismatic Mint: Milan
Numismatic Weight (g): 3.42
Obverse Description: Radiate and draped bust of emperor to right; within thin dotted border
Obverse Inscription: D[I]VO CLAVDIO
Reverse Description: Altar enclosure with flight of steps and two, paneled doors, smoke rising up from within; within thin dotted border
Reverse Inscription: CONS-ECRA-[TI]Ọ; below, Q
Belongs to Historical Period: Middle Roman (Historical Period)
Material: Billon (Material)
Has visual motif (depicts): Religious Symbol or Object (Visual Motif)
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