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ID:     194624
Type:     Roman Imperial
Issuer:     Claudius II Gothicus
Date Ruled:     AD 268-270
Metal:     Gold
Denomination:     8 Aurei Medallion
Struck / Cast:     struck
Date Struck:     AD ca. 269
Diameter:     36 mm
Weight:     38.32 g
Obverse Legend:     IMP C M AVRL CLAVDIVS P F AVG
Obverse Description:     Laureate and cuirassed bust right, aegis on left shoulder; cuirass decorated with griffin right flanking head of Medusa
Reverse Legend:     CONCORD-IA EX-ERCITVS,
Reverse Description:     Concordia standing facing, head right, knee bent, holding legionary aquilae
Mint:     Mediolanum (Milan)
Primary Reference:     RIC 001 cf. (6 aurei medallion)
Reference2:     Lafaurie, RN 1958, 11
Reference3:     Huvelin and Lafaurie,
Reference4:     Gnecchi pg. 9, 1
Photograph Credit:     Classical Numismatic Group
Source:     http://www.cngcoins.com/Coin.aspx?CoinID=51550
Grade:     Choice VF
Notes:     Very rare. In the final year of Gallienus' reign a Gothic invasion and a rebellion within the army had to be addressed simultaneously. The Gothic invasion of late 267 or early 268 involved 2,000 vessels and 320,000 soldiers. After the Goths had pillaged Greece, Thrace, Macedon, and parts of Asia Minor, they suffered a crushing defeat near NaÏssus where it is thought that as many as 50,000 of them died in a single day.