★ Enigmatic Claudius' Gothicus Denomination ★

Claudius II Gothicus (268-270). AE Dupondius (?), Rome mint. IMP C CLAVDIVS AVG. Radiate and cuirassed bust right. / AEQVITAS AVG. Aequitas standing facing, head left, holding scales and cornucopiae. RIC - (cf. 14, Antoninianus); C - (cf. 6, same). AE. 11.80 g. 26.50 mm. RRRR. Apparently the only specimen known; unlisted in the standard references and unpublished. VF. Bronze medallic flan struck from Antoninianus (RIC 14) dies? About Claudius Gothicus' Dupondii, cf. RIC 120-3 and note; also see Cohen 70 and note.