Description: Claudius II Gothicus (268 - 270 AD). AE3, Siscia mint, posthumous issue by Constantine I in 317-318 AD. DIVO CLAVDIO OPTIMO IMP; veiled, laureate head right / REQVIES OPTIMORVM MERITORVM; Divus Claudius seated left on curule chair, raising hand and holding sceptre; SIS in ex.

Diameter: AE17 mm

Weight: 1,98 g

Grade: aEF/aEF

Attribution: RIC 43; C 245 (6f.); MRK 104 /122

Commentary: light olive-green patina, flan crack, sharp and excellent details, perfect centering

History: Constantine I claimed his decent from Claudius II Gothicus, a fabricated claim probably helping him to overcome the usurper image he still had as a sole ruler of the Western part of the empire.

Article Number: 047-05-03-41652