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

Identification and Creation

Object Number: 1974.27.52
People: Claudius, Roman (Lyon, Gaul r. 41 - 54 CE)
Title: As of Claudius, Rome
Classification: Coins
Work Type: coin
Date: 41-50(?) CE
Places: Creation Place: Ancient & Byzantine World, Europe, Rome (Latium)
Period: Roman Imperial period, Early
Culture: Roman Imperial
Persistent Link: https://hvrd.art/o/195586

Physical Descriptions

Medium

Bronze

Metal

Technique

Struck

Dimensions

4.91 g

Die Axis

Denomination

Date on Object

(see RIC I 2, p. 127 n. 95)

Inscriptions and Marks

inscription: reverse: [CON]STANTIAE AVG[VSTI]
inscription: obverse: [TI CLAV]DIVS CAESAR AVG [PM TR P IMP]
(not assigned): The end of the obverse legend is illegible. (. . . IMP would be dated 41-50(?) CE; . . . IMP P P would be dated 50(?)-54 CE.) But see RIC I 2, p. 127 n. 95, where the authors note that the earlier issue was imitated, whereas the later issue has no such note; the piece is severely underweight and the style might be suspect as well.
Obverse Inscription: TI CLAVDIVS CAESAR AVG P M TR P IMP
Reverse Inscription: CONSTANTIAE AVGVSTI S C

State, Edition, Standard Reference Number

Standard Reference Number: RIC I 2, 95 p. 127 (or 116 p. 130); BMC 141, p.184

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line: Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, A Gift to the Museum from Arthur W. Arundel through the Harvard Fund Council, Class of 1951
Accession Year: 1974
Object Number: 1974.27.52
Division: Asian and Mediterranean Art
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Descriptions

Description: Obv.: Bare head of Claudius l.; around, [TI CL]AVDIVS CAESAR AVG [P M TR P IMP].
Rev.: Constantia, helmeted and in military dress, standing l., r. hand raised, l. holding long spear; to l. and r., S-C; around, [CON]STANTIAE AV[GVSTI].

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