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Object Type
Museum number: 1862,0417.40
Denomination: quadrans
Description: Copper alloy coin. (whole); Head of Claudius, laureate, right. (obverse); Front elevation of the Altar of Lyons, decorated with the corona civica between two laurels, these being flanked by stylized figures; to left and right, Victories on columns, facing one another. (reverse)
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Cultures/periods
Production date: 41
Production place: Minted in: Lugdunum
Materials
Dimensions: Die-axis: 6 o'clock; Weight: 3.59 grammes
$Inscriptions
Curator's comments: A rare coinage from this mint celebrating the fiftieth anniversary of the altar and the birth of Claudius at Lugdunum.
Bibliographic references: RE1 / Coins of the Roman Empire in the British Museum, vol. 1: Augustus to Vitellius (227, p.196); RIC1 / The Roman Imperial Coinage, vol. 1 (1, p.121); 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. (399)
Location: On display (G70/dc21/p2/no11)
Subjects: emperor/empress; religious object; classical deity; allegory/personification
Associated names: Named in inscription & portrayed: Claudius I; Representation of: Nike/Victoria/Victory
Associated places: Topographic representation of: Altar of Rome and Augustus
Acquisition name
Acquisition date: 1862
Department: Coins and Medals
Registration number: 1862,0417.40
C&M catalogue number: RE1 (196) (227)

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