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Description: | Probably 268-270AD. Probable Claudius II Gothicus, billon antoninianus. Length 21.3mm, Width 18.8mm, Thickness 2.0mm, Diameter 21.3mm, Weight 2.6g. Obverse: Draped radiate bust right. Inscription: IMP CCL(AVDI)VS (AVG.) Reverse: Standing central figure holding a cornucopiae on right arm. Inscription: []O(N)I[]. Die axis: 180 deg. or 6 o'clock. Slightly oval shaped coin with reverse struck a little off centre. Some wear, silvery surface especially the obverse, but also some surface corrosion with patches of green verdigris both sides. Ref. Coins of England and the UK, Spink 2009, page 59 No. 566, identifying Roman Coins, Richard Reece and Simon James, Seaby 1986 reprint 1994, page 24-25 No. 47 and Roman Coins and their values III, David R. Sear, Spink 2005, page 397-404 No. 11322, 11361, 11341/2.
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