Egypt. Alexandria. Claudius II Gothicus, 268-270. Tetradrachm (Billon, 21.30 mm, 8.52 g) Dated RY 2 (= 269-270) AVT K KΛΑYΔΙΟC CЄB Laureate and cuirassed bust of Claudius II right, wearing short beard. Rev. Draped bust of personified Alexandria right, wearing turreted cap and hair braids on neck and right shoulder, L B (date) across fields. Dattari-Savio 5383. Emmett 3869. Geissen 3030. Milne 4246. Curtis X-1660. Very rare.

Ex CNA Ltd X 21.03.1990, lot 409.

Another tetradrachm of superb preservation of Claudius II in his second year of principality, so fresh from minting, that it seems not to have circulated. The images reproduced have "sharp" profiles, especially the turreted, diademed and draped bust of the deified Alexandria on the reverse, emerging from a "mirror background": a rare and fascinating coin.