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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;jamesicus, post: 4206455, member: 14873&quot;]<font face="Times New Roman"></font></p><p><font face="Times New Roman"><br /></font></p><p><font face="Times New Roman"><img src="https://jp29.org/000claudses.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></font></p><p><font face="Times New Roman"><i>CLAUDIUS, SESTERTIUS, BMCRE Vol. I, Rome, No. 185, (Pl. 36.1)</i></font></p><p><font face="Times New Roman"><i>CLAUDIUS, SESTERTIUS, RIC Vol. I, Rome, No. 112</i></font></p><p><font face="Times New Roman">(50-54AD, 36mm, 28.2gm)</font></p><p><font face="Times New Roman">Obverse depiction: Claudius, laureate head facing right</font></p><p><font face="Times New Roman">Inscription: <b>TI CLAVDIVS CAESAR AVG PM TRP IMP PP</b></font></p><p><font face="Times New Roman">Reverse depiction: Civic Oak Wreath</font></p><p><font face="Times New Roman">Inscription in four lines:</font></p><p><font face="Times New Roman"><b>EX SC</b></font></p><p><font face="Times New Roman"><b>P P</b></font></p><p><font face="Times New Roman"><b>OB CIVES</b></font></p><p><font face="Times New Roman"><b>SERVATOS</b></font></p><p><font face="Times New Roman">(within Civic wreath)</font></p><p><font face="Times New Roman">The senate proclaiming him “Father of the country” .(Pater Patriae) and distinguished servant of the people of Rome</font></p><p><font face="Times New Roman"><br /></font></p><p><font face="Times New Roman"><img src="https://jp29.org/000drusus.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></font></p><p><font face="Times New Roman"><i>RIC Vol. I, CLAUDIUS, SESTERTIUS, Rome, No. 109, 42-43AD (38mm, 28.0gm)</i></font></p><p><font face="Times New Roman">Obverse depiction: Nero Claudius Drusus, bare head facing left</font></p><p><font face="Times New Roman">Inscription: <b>NERO CLAVDIVS DRVSVS GERMANICVS IMP</b></font></p><p><font face="Times New Roman">Reverse depiction: Claudius seated left on curule chair holding olive branch,</font></p><p><font face="Times New Roman">weapons and armor below</font></p><p><font face="Times New Roman">Inscription: <b>TI CLAVDIVS CAESAR AVG PM TRP IMP PP</b> - <b>S C</b> (exergue)</font></p><p><font face="Times New Roman">Nero Claudius Drusus was the father of Claudius</font></p><p><font face="Times New Roman">Commemorating his father’s exploits on the northern Frontier</font></p><p><font face="Times New Roman"><br /></font></p><p><font face="Times New Roman"><br /></font></p><p><font face="Times New Roman"><img src="https://jp29.org/ric09o.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /><img src="https://jp29.org/ric09rs.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></font></p><p><font face="Times New Roman"><i>RIC Vol. I, CLAUDIUS, SESTERTIUS, Rome, No. 99 41-50 AD,</i> (36mm, 25.3gm)</font></p><p><font face="Times New Roman"><br /></font></p><p><font face="Times New Roman">Obverse depiction: Claudius, laureate head facing right</font></p><p><font face="Times New Roman">Inscription clockwise from bottom: <b>TI CLAVDIVS CAESAR AVG PM TRP IMP</b></font></p><p><font face="Times New Roman">Reverse depiction: Personification of Spes holding flower in right hand and demurely raising skirt with left hand</font></p><p><font face="Times New Roman">Inscription clockwise from bottom: <b>SPES AVGVSTA - S C</b> (exergue)</font></p><p><font face="Times New Roman"><br /></font></p><p><font face="Times New Roman"><br /></font></p><p><font face="Times New Roman"><br /></font></p><p><font face="Times New Roman"><img src="https://jp29.org/000claud.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></font></p><p><font face="Times New Roman"><i>BMCRE Vol I, CLAUDIUS, As, Rome, No. 206 (Pl. 36.6)</i></font></p><p><font face="Times New Roman"><i>RIC Vol I, CLAUDIUS, As, Rome, No. 113</i></font></p><p><font face="Times New Roman">(AD 50)</font></p><p><font face="Times New Roman">Obverse: Claudius, bare headed facing left</font></p><p><font face="Times New Roman">Inscription clockwise from bottom: <b>TI CLAVDIVS CAESAR AVG P M TR P IMP P P</b></font></p><p><font face="Times New Roman">Reverse: Personification of Liberty, standing right, holding Pileus (Freedman’s cap) in right hand</font></p><p><font face="Times New Roman">Inscription clockwise from bottom: <b>LIBERTAS AVGVSTA | S -------- C</b> (left and right)</font>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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