Roman Imperial coin – HCR21176

Obverse

Inscription:

[TI CLA]VDIVS CAESAR AVG P M TR P [I]M[P P P]

Design:

Head of Claudius, laureate, right

Reverse

Inscription:

SPES [AVGV]STA S C

Design:

Spes, draped, advancing left, holding flower in right hand and raising skirt with left

Information

Period

Roman Imperial

Dynasty

Julio-Claudian

Reign

Claudius I

Person

Claudius I

Mint

Rome

Denomination

Sestertius

Material

orichalcum

Technique

struck

Dating

AD 50 – 54

Measurements
Acquisition
Additional information
Ticket
References
Credit

Weight (g)

23.42

Axis

Diameter (mm)

35.4

Acquisition method

transfer

Acquisition collection reference

1948.78.9

Acquisition date

12/7/1963

Source

Department of Antiquities, Ashmolean Museum; Sotheby's 87, 12-13/04/1948

Acquisition credit

Transferred from the Department of Antiquities, Ashmolean Museum, 1963.

imitation?

Find Spot

Long Windsor; Dorset; United Kingdom

Find Note

Found with others, with a iron sword

Serial number

1948.78.9 (?) Inventory number written on reverse flan

Reference

RIC I (first edition) : 64E

Reference

RIC I (second edition) : 115

Reference

von Kaenel, H-M. 1986. Münzprägung und Münzbildnis des Claudius : 1347, pl.21

Reference

OCRE : http://numismatics.org/ocre/id/ric.1(2).cl.115

Contributors to this coin record

mspencer-brown, mmaliczowski