Aureus - Claudius II Gothicus LAETITIA AVG N; Laetitia

Features

Issuer	Rome › Roman Empire (27 BC - 395 AD)
Emperor	Claudius II (Marcus Aurelius Claudius) (268-270)
Type	Standard circulation coins
Years	268-270
Value	Aureus (25⁄2)
Currency	Antoninianus, Reform of Caracalla (AD 215 – 301)
Composition	Gold
Weight	2.6 g
Diameter	18.5 mm
Shape	Round (irregular)
Technique	Hammered
Demonetized	Yes
Number	N# 290325
References	RIC V.1# 235 Percy H. Webb, Harold Mattingly, Edward Allen Sydenham; 1927. The Roman Imperial Coinage / Volume 5.1. Valerian to Florian (AD 253–276). Spink & Son, London, United Kingdom. , OCRE# ric.5.cg.235 Online Coins of the Roman Empire (http://numismatics.org/ocre/)

Obverse

Bust of Claudius Gothicus, radiate, draped, right.

Script: Latin

Lettering: IMP C M AVR CLADIVS AVG

Translation:
Imperator, Caesar Marcus Aurelius Claudius Augustus.
Supreme commander (Imperator), Caesar, Marcus Aurelius Claudius, emperor (Augustus).

Reverse

Laetitia, draped, standing left, holding wreath in right hand and anchor in left hand. Officina marks in left and right fields.

Script: Latin

Lettering:
LAETITIA AVG N
M C

Translation:
Laetitia Augusti Nostri.
Joy of our emperor (Augustus).

Mint

Cyzicus, modern-day Kapıdağ Peninsula, Turkey

Comments

Source:
Online Coins of the Roman Empire (OCRE)

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Date					VG	F	VF	XF	AU	UNC
Undetermined
ND (268-270)

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