RIC I (second edition) Claudius 93
Record status
Individual type · research required
Issuing entity
Roman EmpireRIC I (second edition) Claudius 93. 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 around, with the legend TI CLAVDIVS CAESAR AVG P M TR P IMP S C.
Evidence at a glance
- Linked sources
- 2
- Photograph views
- 22
- Catalogue references
- 1
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Historical context
Born in Lugdunum to Drusus the Elder and Antonia Minor, he had been excluded from public office for much of his early life due to physical infirmities. Following the assassination of Caligula, he was declared emperor by the Praetorian Guard, serving as an administrator who expanded the bureaucracy and initiated the conquest of Britain.
Struck at the Rome mint, this bronze sestertius features an obverse dedicated to the emperor's father, Nero Claudius Drusus, inscribed with the legend "NERO CLAVDIVS DRVSVS GERMANICVS IMP". The reverse portrays Claudius himself, togate and seated on a curule chair, surrounded by various arms and holding a branch, accompanied by the inscription "TI CLAVDIVS CAESAR AVG P M TR P IMP S C". In imperial Roman commerce, the sestertius represented a denomination nominally valued at two and a half asses, or one quarter of a denarius.
Physical characteristics
- Material
- Bronze
- Denomination
- Sestertius
Technical characteristics
- Mint
- Rome
- Authority
- Claudius
Design
- Obverse
- Head of Nero Claudius Drusus, bare, left
- Reverse
- Claudius, togate, seated left on curule chair, holding branch in right hand; various arms around
- Obverse legend
- NERO CLAVDIVS DRVSVS GERMANICVS IMP
- Reverse legend
- TI CLAVDIVS CAESAR AVG P M TR P IMP S C
Identification
- Type reference
- RIC I (second edition) Claudius 93
- Denomination and metal
- Sestertius, Bronze
- Obverse legend to match
- NERO CLAVDIVS DRVSVS GERMANICVS IMP
- Reverse legend to match
- TI CLAVDIVS CAESAR AVG P M TR P IMP S C
- Source note
- Type description from the American Numismatic Society's Online Coins of the Roman Empire (OCRE); individual specimens differ in die, flan size, weight and wear, and legend breaks may vary.
Documentation checklist
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- Recorded
- Issue or mint date
- Recorded
- Material
- Recorded
- Weight
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- Mint or printer
- Recorded
- Mint or printer mark
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- Catalogue reference
- Recorded
- Attached photograph (check rights)
- Recorded
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Catalogue references
- RIC / OCREric.1(2).cl.93
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