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A coin of the emperor Claudius II Gothicus with a reverse showing Libertas. Coin Type: Billon antoninianus of Claudius II Gothicus, 268-269 CE
Mint and Date: Rome, officina 10, second emission, 269-270 CE.
Size and Weight: 18mm x 19mm, 2.72g
Obverse: Radiate, cuirassed bust right.
IMP C CLAVDIVS AVG
Reverse: Libertas standing facing, head left, holding a pileum in her right hand and a tall sceptre in her left.
LIBERT AVG
Field Marks: X in right field.
Exergue: H
Provenance: del550 (eBay), July 2007
Ref: RCV (2005) 11349, RIC V (I) 62.
BW Ref: 026 033 000
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