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ID:
792104
Type:
Roman Imperial
Issuer:
Claudius
Date Ruled:
AD 41-54
Metal:
Gold
Denomination:
Aureus
Struck / Cast:
struck
Date Struck:
AD 44/45
Diameter:
19 mm
Weight:
7.66 g
Die Axis:
1 h
Obverse Legend:
TI CLAVD CAESAR · AVG · P · M · TR · P · IIII
Obverse Description:
Laureate head right
Reverse Legend:
IMPER RECEPT
Reverse Description:
Claudius seated left, holding scepter; to left, signum; all within distyle building with crescent in pediment and flanked by crenelated walls with arched entries; all set on crenelated wall with two arched entries
Mint:
Rome
Primary Reference:
RIC 025
Reference2:
von Kaenel Type 022 (V332/R339 an unlisted die combination)
Photograph Credit:
Classical Numismatic Group
Source:
http://www.cngcoins.com/Coin.aspx?CoinID=105890
Grade:
Near EF
Notes:
According to the historian Suetonius (Claud. 10.1-4), the Praetorian Guard appointed Claudius emperor following the assassination of his nephew and predecessor Gaius. Found cowering behind a palace curtain, the new emperor was immediately removed to the Praetorian camp which had been constructed almost fifteen years earlier under Sejanus, and located at the northeastern outskirts of the capital. For the next several days, Claudius remained under the Guard’s “protection”, while diplomatic maneuvers secured senatorial acceptance of his succession. Because of the Guard’s strategic involvement in these events, Claudius rewarded them with an donative, renewed annually for the next several years, ostensibly commemorating their protection of him during the first days of his reign, but, in fact, acknowledging their central role in his accession.
Created and Managed by Alfredo De La Fe
