Issuing authority
Roman Empire
Imperial Rome issued an extensive precious-metal and base-metal coinage across dozens of mints.
- Kind
- empire
- Region
- Mediterranean, Europe
- Recorded period
- 27 BC – AD 476
Eastern continuation catalogued separately as the Byzantine Empire.
Objects are filed under the historical authority that actually issued or made them. A recorded period comes from the issuer's own reference description and is left blank where no source states it.
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The British Museum
ancient coins
RIC I (second edition) Claudius 104
RIC I (second edition) Claudius 104. Denomination: Dupondius. Authority: Claudius. Mint: Rome. The obverse shows bust of Antonia Minor, bare-headed, draped, right; hair in long plait, with the legend ANTONIA AVGVSTA. The reverse shows claudius, veiled and togate, standing left, holding simpulum in right hand, with t…
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Bibliothèque nationale de France
ancient coins
RIC I (second edition) Claudius 106
RIC I (second edition) Claudius 106. Denomination: As. Authority: Claudius. Mint: Rome. The obverse shows head of Germanicus, bare, right, with the legend GERMANICVS CAESAR TI AVG F DIVI AVG N. The reverse shows legend surrounding S C, with the legend TI CLAVDIVS CAESAR AVG GERM P M TR P IMP P P.
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Bibliothèque nationale de France
ancient coins
RIC I (second edition) Claudius 109
RIC I (second edition) Claudius 109. Denomination: Sestertius. Authority: Claudius. Mint: Rome. The obverse shows head of Nero Claudius Drusus, bare, left, with the legend NERO CLAVDIVS DRVSVS GERMANICVS IMP. The reverse shows claudius, togate, seated left on curule chair, holding branch in right hand; various arms…
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Bibliothèque nationale de France
ancient coins
RIC I (second edition) Claudius 110
RIC I (second edition) Claudius 110. Denomination: Dupondius. Authority: Claudius. Mint: Rome. The obverse shows head of Claudius, bare, left, with the legend TI CLAVDIVS CAESAR AVG P M TR P IMP P P. The reverse shows ceres, veiled and draped, seated left, on ornamented throne, holding grain stalks in right hand and…
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Bibliothèque nationale de France
ancient coins
RIC I (second edition) Claudius 111
RIC I (second edition) Claudius 111. Denomination: Dupondius. Authority: Claudius. Mint: Rome. The obverse shows head of Claudius, bare, left, with the legend TI CLAVDIVS CAESAR AVG P M TR P IMP P P. The reverse shows constantia, helmeted, in military dress, standing left, holding spear in left hand and raising righ…
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Bibliothèque nationale de France
ancient coins
RIC I (second edition) Claudius 112
RIC I (second edition) Claudius 112. Denomination: Sestertius. Authority: Claudius. Mint: Rome. The obverse shows head of Claudius, laureate, right, with the legend TI CLAVDIVS CAESAR AVG P M TR P IMP P P. The reverse shows legend in four lines in oak-wreath, with the legend EX SC P P OB CIVES SERVATOS.
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Bibliothèque nationale de France
ancient coins
RIC I (second edition) Claudius 113
RIC I (second edition) Claudius 113. Denomination: As. Authority: Claudius. Mint: Rome. The obverse shows head of Claudius, bare, left, with the legend TI CLAVDIVS CAESAR AVG P M TR P IMP P P. The reverse shows libertas standing, to front, holding pileus in right and extending right hand, with the legend LIBERTAS AV…
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Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
ancient coins
RIC I (second edition) Claudius 114
RIC I (second edition) Claudius 114. Denomination: Sestertius. Authority: Claudius. Mint: Rome. The obverse shows head of Claudius, laureate, right, with the legend TI CLAVDIVS CAESAR AVG P M TR P IMP P P. The reverse shows triumphal arch surmounted by an equestrian statue, right, between two trophies; rider holding…
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Bibliothèque nationale de France
ancient coins
RIC I (second edition) Claudius 115
RIC I (second edition) Claudius 115. Denomination: Sestertius. Authority: Claudius. Mint: Rome. The obverse shows head of Claudius, laureate, right, with the legend TI CLAVDIVS CAESAR AVG P M TR P IMP P P. The reverse shows spes, draped, advancing left, holding flower in right hand and raising skirt with left, with…
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Bibliothèque nationale de France
ancient coins
RIC I (second edition) Claudius 116
RIC I (second edition) Claudius 116. Denomination: As. Authority: Claudius. Mint: Rome. The obverse shows head of Claudius, bare, left, with the legend TI CLAVDIVS CAESAR AVG P M TR P IMP P P. The reverse shows minerva, helmeted and draped, advancing right, levelling javelin in right hand and shield in left, with th…
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Bibliothèque nationale de France
ancient coins
RIC I (second edition) Claudius 80
RIC I (second edition) Claudius 80. Denomination: Aureus. Authority: Claudius. Mint: Rome. The obverse shows head of Claudius, laureate, right, with the legend TI CLAVD CAESAR AVG GERM P M TRIB POT P P. The reverse shows bust of Agrippina the Younger, draped, right, wearing a crown of corn-ears; hair in a long plait…
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Bibliothèque nationale de France
ancient coins
RIC I (second edition) Claudius 81
RIC I (second edition) Claudius 81. Denomination: Denarius. Authority: Claudius. Mint: Rome. The obverse shows head of Claudius, laureate, right, with the legend TI CLAVD CAESAR AVG GERM P M TRIB POT P P. The reverse shows bust of Agrippina the Younger, draped, right, wearing a crown of corn-ears; hair in a long pla…
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The British Museum
ancient coins
RIC I (second edition) Claudius 82
RIC I (second edition) Claudius 82. Denomination: Aureus. Authority: Claudius. Mint: Rome. The obverse shows head of Claudius, laureate, right, with the legend TI CLAVD CAESAR AVG GERM P M TRIB POT P P. The reverse shows bust of Nero, bare-headed, draped, left, with the legend NERO CLAVD CAES DRVSVS GERM PRINC IVVENT.
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Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
ancient coins
RIC I (second edition) Nero 2
AD 54
Denarius in silver struck at Rome under Nero, AD 54, catalogued as RIC I (second edition) Nero 2. Obverse: Bust of Nero, bare-headed, right, bust of Agrippina the Younger, draped, hair in long plait, left, facing one another. Reverse: Legend surrounding oak-wreath enclosing EX S C. Obverse legend: AGRIPP AVG DIVI CL…
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The British Museum — photograph sourced via the American Numismatic Society OCRE type corpus
ancient coins
RIC I (second edition) Nero 4
AD 54
Aureus in gold struck at Rome under Nero, AD 54, catalogued as RIC I (second edition) Nero 4. Obverse: Head of Claudius, laureate, left. Reverse: Slow quadriga, ornamented, right, surmounted by four miniature horses; victories on either side. Obverse legend: DIVVS CLAVDIVS AVGVSTVS. Reverse legend: EX S C.
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Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
ancient coins
RIC I (second edition) Nero 6
RIC I (second edition) Nero 6. Denomination: Aureus. Authority: Nero. Mint: Rome. The obverse shows jugate busts, right of Nero (in forefront), bare-headed and draped at back of neck, and Agrippina the Younger, draped and bare-headed, with the legend NERO CLAVD DIVI F CAES AVG GERM IMP TR P COS. The reverse shows qu…
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Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
ancient coins
RIC I (second edition) Nero 16
RIC I (second edition) Nero 16. Denomination: Aureus. Authority: Nero. Mint: Rome. The obverse shows head of Nero, bare, right, with the legend NERO CAESAR AVG IMP. The reverse shows legend surrounding oak-wreath enclosing EX S C, with the legend PONTIF MAX TR P V P P.
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Bibliothèque nationale de France
ancient coins
RIC I (second edition) Nero 23
RIC I (second edition) Nero 23. Denomination: Aureus. Authority: Nero. Mint: Rome. The obverse shows head of Nero, bare, right, with the legend NERO CAESAR AVG IMP. The reverse shows ceres, veiled and draped, standing left, holding two corn-ears and torch, with the legend PONTIF MAX TR P VII COS IIII P P EX S C. The…
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Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam
ancient coins
Middle bronze from the Roman Empire of Tiberius, 54-68
62 - 68
Reverse: between the letters S and C, closed Temple of Janus, with latticed window and garland over the door. The Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, holds this object as KOG-MP-1-0051; its record gives material recorded as bronze (metal); technique striking (metalworking); measurements diameter 29 mm x weight 9.51 g.
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Bibliothèque nationale de France
ancient coins
RIC I (second edition) Nero 170
RIC I (second edition) Nero 170. Denomination: Sestertius. Authority: Nero. Mint: Rome. The obverse shows head of Nero, laureate, right, with aegis on neck, with the legend NERO CLAVDIVS CAESAR AVG GER P M TR P IMP P P. The reverse shows nero, bare-headed, cuirassed, cloak flying behind, prancing right on horseback,…
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Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
ancient coins
RIC I (second edition) Nero 178
RIC I (second edition) Nero 178. Denomination: Sestertius. Authority: Nero. Mint: Rome. The obverse shows head of Nero, laureate, right, with aegis on neck, with the legend NERO CLAVD CAESAR AVG GER P M TR P IMP P P. The reverse shows view of the harbor at Ostia; Statue of Neptune set on pharos, above; Tiber reclini…
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Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
ancient coins
RIC I (second edition) Nero 196
RIC I (second edition) Nero 196. Denomination: Dupondius. Authority: Nero. Mint: Rome. The obverse shows head of Nero, radiate, right, with the legend NERO CLAVD CAESAR AVG GER P M TR P IMP P P. The reverse shows victory flying left, holding wreath in right hand and palm in left, with the legend VICTORIA AVGVSTI S C…
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Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
ancient coins
RIC I (second edition) Nero 233
RIC I (second edition) Nero 233. Denomination: Semis. Authority: Nero. Mint: Rome. The obverse shows head of Nero, laureate, right, with the legend NERO CAES AVG IMP. The reverse shows table decorated with two sphinxes or gryphons confronting; on top, urn and wreath; round shield resting on leg, with the legend CER…
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The British Museum
ancient coins
RIC I (second edition) Nero 265
RIC I (second edition) Nero 265. Denomination: Sestertius. Authority: Nero. Mint: Rome. The obverse shows head of Nero, laureate, left, with the legend NERO CLAVD CAESAR AVG GER P M TR P IMP P P. The reverse shows temple of Janus, with latticed window to left and double doors to right with garland hung across ('terr…
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