Aureus: Bust of Claudius I (obverse); Triumphal Arch with Equestrian Statue and Trophies (Cleveland Museum of Art 1969.158)
Record status
Individual type · partial
Period
47–48 CE
Minted in Rome, this coin depicts the triumphal arch erected there in 44 AD commemorating Claudius in the campaign in Britain. On top of the arch is the emperor seated on a horse between two military trophies. The arch itself was a converted aqueduct which crossed the main road leading north toward Rome. Claudius was the youngest of the three surviving children of Drusus and Antonia Minor and the first Roman emperor to have been born outside Rome. Cleveland Museum of Art object 1969.158: Aureus: Bust of Claudius I (obverse); Triumphal Arch with Equestrian Statue and Trophies (reverse), 47–48 CE. England, Roman, Claudius I (41–54 CE). Gold; diameter: 1.9 cm (3/4 in.). Inscribed: TI. CLAVD. CAESAR. AVG. P. M. TR. P.. VI. IMP. XI. (Tiberius Claudius Caesar Augustus, Pontifex Maximus, Tribunicia Potestate Sexta, Imperator Undecimus. (Tiberius Claudius Caesar, emperor (Augustus), high priest, holder of tribunician power for the fourth time, supreme commander (Imperator) for the eleventh time.)); De Britann. Details are those of this museum object; how far it represents a wider type has not been independently verified.
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Historical context
During his reign, Claudius started the successful campaign for the conquest of Britain.
Physical characteristics
- Materials
- gold
- Dimensions
- Diameter: 1.9 cm (3/4 in.)
- Measurements
- Diameter: 1.9 cm (3/4 in.)
- Material and technique
- gold
Design
- Inscriptions
- TI. CLAVD. CAESAR. AVG. P. M. TR. P.. VI. IMP. XI. (Tiberius Claudius Caesar Augustus, Pontifex Maximus, Tribunicia Potestate Sexta, Imperator Undecimus. (Tiberius Claudius Caesar, emperor (Augustus), high priest, holder of tribunician power for the fourth time, supreme commander (Imperator) for the eleventh time.)); De Britann
Identification
- Date recorded
- 47–48 CE
- Culture period
- England, Roman, Claudius I (41–54 CE)
- Holding institution
- Cleveland Museum of Art
- Museum object number
- 1969.158
- Published references
- Cleveland Museum of Art, and Emery May Norweb. English Gold Coins, Ancient to Modern Times, On Loan to the Cleveland Museum of Art from the Norweb Collection. 1968. pp. 17 · Emery May Norweb Collection (Cleveland, Ohio), Emery May Norweb, C. E. Blunt, F. Elmore Jones, and R. P. Mack. Collection of Ancient British, Romano-British and English Coins. London: Spink, 1971. pp. 1, 21-22
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