WHC 37

Inventory number: WHC 37
Period: Time of Constantine I
Ruler: Divus Claudius Gothicus II
Mint: Thessalonica
Date: AD 317-318
Denomination: Aes Fraction
Material: AE
Diameter: 17mm
Weight: 1.21g
Axis: 6h
Reference: RIC VII,p.503,no.26
Acquisition: CNG,231.209.From the Eliott-Kent Collection
Date of acquisition: 2010-04-14
Remarks: -Divus Claudius II Gothicus. Died AD 270. -Stuck under Constantine I, AD 318. -dark green-brown surfaces.

Laureate and veiled head right.

DIVO CLA VDIO OPTIMO IMP

Emperor standing left on curule chair ,raising right hand ,holding scepter ;

in exergue,TSA.REQVIESOPTIM-ORVMMERITOR VM