Claudius Second Brass

I'm in an antiquarian mood tonight and shall use the nomenclature of early numismatic works.

This type is rather common and only the anepigraphic reverse type with Minerva advancing right, holding shield and spear, is more frequently encountered. It is found with two different obverse legends, the earlier TI CLAVDIVS CAESAR AVG P M TR P IMP, and the later, more commonly encountered, TI CLAVDIVS CAESAR AVG P M TR P IMP P P. So this coin is no big rarity. Nonetheless, I like it and rephotographed it today in natural sunlight.

Let's see your coins of Claudius or anything else you deem relevant!


Claudius, AD 41-54.
Second brass, 167.6 gr, 1.1 in.*
Head of emp. to l. TI CLAVDIVS CAESAR AVG P M TR P IMP P P ЭЄ LIBERTAS AVGVSTA. Liberty standing to r.; with SC at the sides.**

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*For those who desire modern information, such as denomination, mint, date, metric units and references: Roman Æ as, Rome AD 42, 10.86 g, 28.3 mm, 7 h. Refs: RIC 113; BMCRE 202-5; Cohen 47; CBN 230-2; RCV 1860.

** This description of the coin, including the strange symbol ЭЄ denoting the shift from the obverse to reverse description is taken verbatim from Edwards, Jonathan. Catalog of the Greek and Roman Coins in the Numismatic Collection of Yale College. Tuttle, Morehouse & Taylor, 1880, p. 87.

 

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That's a really nice one. Great detail on Liberty and Claudius' hair.

Mine: A more humble example.

 

Great detailed Libertas RC, I have a couple.

 

Wonderful coin Roman Collector...and a really nice photograph.
Here is my (much, much,) more humble example....

It's one of my favorites.

 

Very nice.

 

Great portrait @Roman Collector! I always get distracted by his weird neck chin and shoulders, but you have nice facial detail. Though yours also has a FANTASTIC reverse, here's my best obv with ancient static for a rev:

Claudius
28 MM AE

 

"Ancient Static" - lol... now that is a term I will use from now on!

Have one on this ugly $3 beast... you really should start an "Ancient Static" thread. I really doubt anyone has a worse Claudius than this:

 

RIC Vol I, CLAUDIUS, As, Rome, No. 113 (AD 50)
Obverse: Claudius, bare headed facing left
Inscription clockwise from bottom: TI CLAVDIVS CAESAR AVG P M TR P IMP P P
Reverse: Personification of Liberty, standing, facing right
Inscription clockwise from bottom: LIBERTAS AVGVSTA | S -------- C (left and right)

 

wow! nice Claudius/Libertas ...i just have the same run-of-the-mill Minerva advancing reverse As i've got 12 or so years ago..but since it's my one and only..i love it ^^..

 

Great coin!

 

No Libertas here yet. Here's my Constantiae (ex Clain-Stefanelli) and a Minerva:





Such a variety of portrait styles in this thread!

 

Very, very interesting portrait on this one — more than a touch of Caligula in it, no?

The old antiquarian classification for the bronzes are pleasing — ditto the once-common talk of "medals", "medallions" and whatnot. Will future generations eventually dig up the real names of the bronzes of the lower empire and regard our "AE1" etc as equally quaint, one wonders.

 

It might be relatively common type, but that is an uncommonly nice portrait, Roman Collector. Nice coin! specially the obverse.

These are my better two coins of Claudius:

 

I think that "ancient static" is the remains of a Minerva advancing right reverse; you can see the curve of her shield.

 

Really lovely examples, everybody; this has been an entertaining thread.

 

This one is not a spectacular one, but one with a story. It goes back to the early seventies when I visited the first stages of the archeological park near Xanten, Germany. The place housed one of the earliest Roman military camps and grew to be a significant city, still in existance today. The museum parking lot was still barren and the soil contained many small shards. Among those I discovered this Claudius as, which I will treasure forever as it sparkled my interest in collecting Roman coins!

 

Here's mine. The sestertius is rough but I love the Nero countermark.

 

I didn’t know we were to include Sestertii, but here goes:



RIC Vol. I, CLAUDIUS, SESTERTIUS, Rome, No. 109, 42-43AD (38mm, 28.0gm)
Obverse depiction: Nero Claudius Drusus, bare head facing left
Inscription: NERO CLAVDIVS DRVSVS GERMANICVS IMP
Reverse depiction: Claudius seated left on curule chair holding olive branch,
weapons and armor beneath
Inscription: TI CLAVDIVS CAESAR AVG PM TRP IMP PP - S C (exergue)
Nero Claudius Drusus was the father of Claudius


RIC Vol. I, CLAUDIUS, SESTERTIUS, Rome, No. 112, 50-54AD (36mm, 28.2gm)
Obverse depiction: Claudius, laureate head facing right
Inscription: TI CLAVDIVS CAESAR AVG PM TRP IMP PP
Reverse depiction: Civic Oak Wreath
Inscription in four lines:
EX SC
P P
OB CIVES
SERVATOS
(within wreath)


RIC Vol. II, TITUS, SESTERTIUS - CLAUDIUS RESTITUTION ISSUE, Rome, No. 234
80-81 AD, (34.5mm, 24.3gm)
Obverse depiction: Claudius, laureate head facing right
Inscription: TI CLAVDIVS CAESAR AVG PM TRP IMP PP
Reverse depiction: Personification of Spes
holding flower in right hand and raising skirt with left hand
Inscription: IMP T VESP AVG REST - S C (left and right)
Titus was a Military Tribune in Britain AD 60-63



RIC Vol. I, CLAUDIUS, SESTERTIUS, Rome, No. 99 41-50 AD, (36mm, 25.3gm)
Obverse depiction: Claudius, laureate head facing right
Inscription clockwise from bottom: TI CLAVDIVS CAESAR AVG PM TRP IMP
Reverse depiction: Personification of Spes
holding flower in right hand and raising skirt with left hand
Inscription clockwise from bottom: SPES AVGVSTA - S C (exergue)

 

Welcome to Coin Talk Archeocultura, very nice Claudius Minerva, but what makes it great is finding it with your own hands. Congratulations look forward to seeing more of your posts.