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Antioch AD 269-270 billon antoninianus 3.78 g 1.98 cm 2.08 cm 1h

obverse: hd Claudius II r radiate, draped and cuirassed IMP CLAVDIVS AVG
reverse: Isis stg l holding sistrum and basket (or bucket), officina markε (=5) in ex SALVS AVG
RCV III 11370, RIC 217, C 256
NMB List 3-12-84 1348* 

Claudius II, Gothicus (Marcus Aurelius Valerius Claudius) 214/215 Dardania (Upper Moesia) Sep 268-Aug 270 (plague Sirmium)
mints: Rome, Milan, Cyzicus, Antioch, Siscia

About Isis - Salus:
Coining images of power:
patterns in the representation of Roman emperors on imperial coinage, A.D. 193-284
Author: Erika Manders