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Object Type
Museum number: R1874,0715.2
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: 43-44
Production place: Minted in: Rome (city)
Materials
Dimensions: Die-axis: 8 o'clock; Weight: 7.58 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.
Bibliographic references: RE1 / Coins of the Roman Empire in the British Museum, vol. 1: Augustus to Vitellius (20, p.167); RIC1 / The Roman Imperial Coinage, vol. 1 (19, p.122)
Location: Not on display
Subjects: emperor/empress; barrack/camp scene; soldier; fort/fortification
Associated names
Acquisition name
Acquisition date: 1874
Department: Coins and Medals
Registration number: R1874,0715.2
C&M catalogue number: RE1 (167) (20)

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