Your Collection

Add this item to your collection
Harvard Art Museums
Incorrect Username, Email, or Password
This object does not yet have a description.

Identification and Creation

Object Number
1977.216.3445.185
People
Claudius, Roman (Lyon, Gaul r. 41 - 54 CE)
Title
Quadrans of Claudius, Rome
Classification
Coins
Work Type
coin
Date
41 CE
Places
Creation Place: Ancient & Byzantine World, Europe, Rome (Latium)
Period
Roman Imperial period, Early
Culture
Roman Imperial
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/194777

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Bronze
Metal
AE
Technique
Struck
Dimensions
3.32 g
Die Axis
7
Denomination
quadrans
Date on Object
COS DES IT
Inscriptions and Marks
  • inscription: obverse: TI CLAVDIVS CAESAR AVG
  • inscription: reverse: SC large in centre
    PON M TR P IMP COS DES IT starting high r.
  • Obverse Inscription: TI CLAVDIVS CAESAR AVG
  • Reverse Inscription: PON M TR P IMP COS DES IT; S C

State, Edition, Standard Reference Number

Standard Reference Number
RIC I 2, 84 p. 126; BMC 179-180

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Transfer from the Department of the Classics, Harvard University, Bequest of Henry W. Haynes, 1912
Accession Year
1977
Object Number
1977.216.3445.185
Division
Asian and Mediterranean Art
Contact
am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
Permissions

The Harvard Art Museums encourage the use of images found on this website for personal, noncommercial use, including educational and scholarly purposes. To request a higher resolution file of this image, please submit an online request.

Descriptions

Description
Obv.: Three-legged modius; around, TI CLAVDIVS CAESAR AVG.
Rev.: S C; around, PON M TR P IMP COS DES IT.

Verification Level

This record was created from historic documentation and may not have been reviewed by a curator; it may be inaccurate or incomplete. Our records are frequently revised and enhanced. For more information please contact the Division of Asian and Mediterranean Art at am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu