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Search Advanced Search Search By Coin ID     Home ANCIENT/BYZANTINE Ancient Spain (872) Byzantine (753) MEDIEVAL/EARLY WORLD Germany (30) MODERN WORLD COUNTERFEITS AND IMITATIONS   Submit New Coin(s)   Sponsors page Terms of Service Contact Us About Us FAQ Page Coin Detail Click here to see enlarged image. ID:     77000891      [UNVERIFIED] Type:     Roman Imperial Issuer:     Claudius Date Ruled:     AD 41-54 Metal:     Gold Denomination:     Aureus Struck / Cast:     struck Date Struck:     AD 44-45 Weight:     7.79 g Die Axis:     3 h Obverse Legend:     TI CLAVD • CAESAR • AVG • P • M • TR • P • IIII Obverse Description:     Laureate head right Reverse Legend:     IMPER RECEPT Reverse Description:     Battlemented wall enclosing praetorian camp in which Fides Praetorianorum stands left, holding spear in right hand, aquila before him; behind him, a pediment with fortified flanking walls Mint:     Rome Primary Reference:     RIC 025 Reference2:     Calico 361 Reference3:     BMCRE 023 Reference4:     BN 043-4 (Lugdunum mint); von Kaenel type 021 (V-/R321 [unrecorded obv. die]) Photograph Credit:     Classical Numismatic Group Source:     http://www.cngcoins.com/Coin.aspx?CoinID=115314 Notes:     EF, lustrous Ex Metropolitan Museum of Art Collection (Sotheby's, 10 November 1972), lot 35. Claudius was the first of many emperors to be raised to that office by the Praetorian Guard. This reverse type depicting the praetorian camp, which lay north-east of Rome outside the Servian Wall, celebrates the event.

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