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A silver coin of the emperor Claudius II Gothicus with a reverse showing Serapis. Coin Type: Silvered billon antoninianus of Claudius II Gothicus, 268-270 CE
Mint and Date: Antioch, 1st issue, end 268 to early 269 CE. Officina 3.
Size and Weight: 18mm x 21mm, 4.23g
Obverse: Radiate, draped bust right, seen from in front.
IMP C CLAVDIVS AVG
Reverse: Serapis standing facing, head left, right hand raised palm out, left hand holding long sceptre at an angle.
CONSER AVG
Exergue: Γ
Provenance: diggetal1947 (eBay), July 2007
Ref: RCV (2005) 11323 var, RIC V 201.
BW Ref: 029 034 115
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