From the Harvard Art Museums’ collections As of Claudius, Rome

Identification and Creation

Object Number: 2008.115.189
People: Claudius, Roman (Lyon, Gaul r. 41 - 54 CE)
Title: As of Claudius, Rome
Classification: Coins
Work Type: coin
Date: 50(?)-54 CE
Places: Creation Place: Ancient & Byzantine World, Europe, Rome (Latium)
Period: Roman Imperial period, Early
Culture: Roman Imperial
Persistent Link: https://hvrd.art/o/185962

Physical Descriptions

Medium

Bronze

Metal

Technique

Struck

Dimensions

11.35 g

Die Axis

Denomination

Date on Object

P P

Inscriptions and Marks

Obverse Inscription: TI CLAVDIVS CAESAR AVG P M TR P IMP P P
Reverse Inscription: S C

State, Edition, Standard Reference Number

Standard Reference Number: RIC I 2, 116 p. 130

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line: Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Transfer from the Alice Corinne McDaniel Collection, Department of the Classics, Harvard University
Accession Year: 2008
Object Number: 2008.115.189
Division: Asian and Mediterranean Art
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Descriptions

Description: Obv.: Bare head of Claudius l.; around, TI CLAVDIVS CAESAR AVG P M TR P IMP P P.
Rev.: Minerva r., helmeted and draped, r. hand hurling javelin, round shield on l. arm; to l. and r., S-C.

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