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Aureus with bust of Claudius II Gothicus
Roman
Imperial Period
A.D. 268–270
Mint: Mediolanum
Medium/Technique
Gold
Dimensions
Diameter: 22 mm. Weight: 5.31 gm. Die Axis: 12
Credit Line
Theodora Wilbour Fund in memory of Zoë Wilbour
Accession Number1985.97
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAncient Greece and Rome
ClassificationsNumismatics – Coins
DescriptionObverse: Bust of Claudius II Gothicus, laureate, draped, cuirassed, to right.
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Reverse: Winged Victory left, wreath in right hand, palm in left.
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Reverse: Winged Victory left, wreath in right hand, palm in left.
VICT O R IAAVG
ProvenanceBy date unknown: M. Hyman Montagu Collection; 1896: Rollin & Feuardent auction of Montagu Collection: Hotel des Commissaires-Priseurs, 9 Rue Drouot, Paris, France, April 20ff.,1896, lot, 678; by date unknown; Collection of the Metropolitan Museum of Art; 1972: with Sotheby & Co. (auction of the Metropolitan Museum of Art Collection, November 10, 1972, Dolder Grand Hotel, Zurich, lot 196); by 1984: with Münzen und Medaillen A.G. (Münzen und Medaillen A.G. auction 66, October 23, 1984, lot 829: wrongly cited in the catlogue as from the trésor de Corse, 1957); April 24, 1985: purchased by MFA from Münzen und Medaillen A.G.