Augustus A.D. 268-270
Billon Antoninianus
Siscia mint, Issue IV
Obv: IMP CLAVDIVS AVG
Rev: PROVIDEN AVG - Providentia, standing left, holding baton and cornucopiae; globe at feet
S in right field
RIC 187
19mm, 2.5g.
Claudius II was declared emperor after the assassination of Gallienus, an act that many historians suspect he played a part in. He began the daunting task of reuniting a divided and rebellious empire, but died of the plague before completing it, leaving it to his successor, Aurelian, to finish the job.
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