Roman Imperial coin – HCR88404

Obverse

Inscription:

ANTONIA AVGVSTA

Design:

Bust of Antonia Minor, draped, right, wearing a crown of corn-ears; hair in a long plait behind

Reverse

Inscription:

SACERDOS DIVI AVGVSTI

Design:

Two long flaming torches linked by ribbon

Information

Period

Roman Imperial

Dynasty

Julio-Claudian

Reign

Claudius I

Person

Antonia Minor

Mint

Lugdunum (Lyon)

Denomination

Aureus

Material

gold

Technique

struck

Dating

AD 41 – 45

Measurements
Acquisition
Additional information
Ticket
References
Credit

Weight (g)

7.72

Axis

Diameter (mm)

19.3

Acquisition method

bequest

Acquisition date

1941

Source

Sir Arthur Evans; Glendining, Gantz Sale 438, 27/5/1941

Acquisition credit

Bequeathed by Sir Arthur Evans, 1941.

Acquisition note

Presented by Crown Prince Frederick of Prussia to Her Majesty's Privy Purse on Queen Victoria's jubilee, 1887.

Reference

RIC I (first edition) : 81

Reference

RIC I (second edition) : 67

Reference

OCRE : http://numismatics.org/ocre/id/ric.1(2).cl.67

Reference

Butcher, Kevin, and Ponting, Matthew - 2014 - The metallurgy of Roman silver coinage : from the reform of Nero to the reform of Trajan : pp.175-201

Note:

Mint re-attributed from Rome to Lugdunum.

Contributors to this coin record

cgallacher, mspencer-brown, mmaliczowski