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Object Type
Museum number: 1843,0116.13
Denomination: aureus
Description: Gold coin. (whole); Head of Claudius, laureate, right. (obverse); Battlement wall enclosing praetorian camp in which soldier stands, spear in right hand, with aquila in front of him; behind soldier, pediment with fortified flanking walls. (reverse)
State
Authority
Cultures/periods
Production date: 44-45
Production place: Minted in: Rome (city)
Materials
Dimensions: Die-axis: 5 o'clock; Weight: 7.73 grammes
$Inscriptions
Curator's comments: On his proclamation, Claudius was escorted by the guard to the Praetorian camp, shown on the reverse of this coin. This type, as PCR 391, formed part of the first coinage in AD 41, and was repeated, as here, in subsequent issues.
Bibliographic references: RE1 / Coins of the Roman Empire in the British Museum, vol. 1: Augustus to Vitellius (23, p.168); PCR / Principal coins of the Romans: Volume I: The Republic c. 290 - 31 BC; Volume II: The Principate 31 BC - AD 296; Volume III: The Dominate AD 294 - 498. (392); RIC1 / The Roman Imperial Coinage, vol. 1 (25, p.122)
Location: Not on display
Subjects: emperor/empress; barrack/camp scene; soldier; fort/fortification
Associated names
Acquisition name: Purchased from: Dr Nott; Purchased through: Sotheby's (v-vi.1842)
Acquisition date: 1843
Department: Coins and Medals
Registration number: 1843,0116.13
C&M catalogue number: RE1 (168) (23)

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