Antoninianus - Claudius II Gothicus PROVIDENTI AVG; Providentia

Features

Issuer RomeRoman Empire (27 BC - 395 AD)
Emperor Claudius II (Marcus Aurelius Claudius) (268-270)
Type Standard circulation coin
Years 268-270
Value Antoninianus (1)
Currency Antoninianus, Reform of Caracalla (AD 215 – 301)
Composition Silver
Weight 1.9 g
Diameter 18 mm
Shape Round (irregular)
Technique Hammered
Demonetized Yes
Number
N#
290183
References RIC V.1# 95,
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.95
Online Coins of the Roman Empire (http://numismatics.org/ocre/)

Obverse

Bust of Claudius Gothicus, radiate, cuirassed, right.

Script: Latin

Lettering: IMP C CLAVDIVS AVG

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

Reverse

Providentia, draped, standing left, holding baton in right hand and cornucopiae in left hand; at her feet, globe. Officina mark in right field.

Scripts: Latin, Greek

Lettering:
PROVIDENTI AVG
ς

Translation:
Providentia Augusti.
Foresight of the emperor (Augustus).

Mint

Rome (ancient), Italy

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Date VG F VF XF AU UNC
ND (268-270) 

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