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270 AD

Claudius II 

Issued By successor Quintillus 

Weight: 2.7 grams

Diameter: 18-20mm 

Rarity index: 91

Rarity 91/100

Top 10 % of Rare coins

The highest number on the rarity scale is 97

A "Rarity Index of 91" indicates that a coin, banknote, or exonumia item is considered very rare, as the index ranges from 0 (extremely common) to 100 (the rarest).

It's a commemorative issue issued as the Divine Claudius, so by definition, after he died and was divinized by his successor.

The legends are: 

obv. DIVO CLAVDIO ("To the Divine Claudius")

rev. CONSECRATIO of the altar type

These are attributed to Quintillus. I knew his reign to be very short, a few weeks. He was the brother of Claudius.

This is the RARE type

***It is possible that the very common DIVO CLAVDIO types went on after Quintillus' death, under his successor Aurelian? It would probably be difficult to prove, but those types are still so common that they were probably coined over a longer period than just a few weeks.

When it is not just a Pretty Coin, but it is an artwork of history