Claudius Second Brass

Awesome coins everyone.

Doug

 

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Some As from Claudius!
I have 2 to toss in the post.
First a purchase from Sallent a few months ago. I haven't unpacked my camera yet so his photo.


Then this one from JA sometime last year.

 

I have a very common Claudius as with Libertas on rev. However, it's in the family since 1970, that's something too.



Claudius AE As. Obv. Bare head left, TI CLAVDIVS CAESAR AVG P M TR P IMP P P / Libertas standing facing with pileus, extending left hand, LIBERTAS AVGVSTA S-C. 27 mm, 10.01 gr. RIC I 113; BMCRE 204. Cohen 47.

 

Nice coins all.

 

Great Claudius coins everyone, it looks like Libertas is the more popular with some fantastic Sestertius from jamesicus. Here's another two of mine Constantia and Minerva.

 

Fantastic coin RC! And I must confess, I too am guilty of a little antiquarianism from tyme to tyme. Nothing wrong with that!

 

Just love all those Claudius coins. I know it is a common coin, but the strength of his profile is awesome on all of them, and be it the Minerva or Libertas type they really give the impression of movement like on the OP. I have both of these types but only have a picture of this one, which was struck on an uneven flan (thicker on one side):

As, Rome 41-42 AD;
27 x 28.5 mm, 10.35 g;
Obverse: TI CLAVDI[VS CAE]SAR A[VG PM TR] P IMP Laureate head of Claudius, left
Reverse: Minerva, helmeted and draped, advancing right, brandishing javelin in right hand and holding shield in left; to left and right large SC
Reference: RIC² 100; Cohen 47;

Claudius became PP in January 42 AD and I found on the Web, but I can't remember where, that according to a Numismatic Chronicle review of a study by von Kaenel of the coinage of Claudius, the appearance of P P on all of Claudius' bronze coins is not dated to 50 AD, but to January 42. Therefore Claudius' very large issue of sestertii and middle bronzes omitting P P must all have been struck between his accession in late January 41 and circa January 10, 42. It is evident that Claudius' three As types, LIBERTAS AVGVSTA, CONSTANTIAE AVGVSTI, and Minerva fighting, were introduced together very soon after the beginning of the reign and were struck alongside each other first until the appearance of P P in January 42, and then until the end of the P P issue probably in 43.