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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;lrbguy, post: 2841849, member: 88829&quot;]That As is spectacular, Ides, and your writeup engaged me from beginning to end.&nbsp; Here is the next denarius from my 12 Caesars group.</p><p><b><br /></b></p><p><b>Tiberius Claudius Nero Germanicus (41-42)</b></p><p><b>(<i>BMCRE</i> 13; <i>RSC</i> 6; <i>RIC</i> 2)</b></p><p><b>Minted at Rome</b></p><p><b>[ATTACH=full]672531[/ATTACH] </b></p><p><b><br /></b></p><p><b>TI CLAVD CAESAR. AVG GERM PM TR P</b></p><p><b>(reading up from left to right)</b></p><p><b>laureate head of Claudius facing right</b></p><p><br /></p><p>This is one of two obverse inscriptions for Claudius dated to the beginning of his reign, 41-42 A.D. Some of his later denarii show a mild flatness to the top of his head that this one does not.</p><p><b><br /></b></p><p><b>CONSTANTIAE AVGVSTI</b></p><p><b>Constantia seated left on curule chair</b></p><p><b><br /></b></p><p>In view of the death of Antonia, the mother of Claudius, under Caligula, the figure of Constantia is noteworthy. Mattingly observes in <i>BMCRE I, clv</i>, &quot;The type &#039;Constantiae Avgvsti&#039; represents Antonia, in the character of &#039;the Firmness of the Emperor&#039;, &#039;Imperial Constancy&#039;....&quot; &quot;The type suggests that Claudius derived the &#039;Constantia&#039;,..., from his mother, a woman of marked strength and determination of character.&quot;[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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