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; Gantz Sale 438, 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