Aureus - Claudius IMPER RECEPT

Features

Issuer	Rome › Roman Empire (27 BC - 395 AD)
Emperor	Claudius (Tiberius Claudius Drusus) (41-54)
Type	Standard circulation coins
Years	46-47
Value	1 Aureus = 25 Denarii
Currency	Denarius, Reform of Augustus (27 BC – AD 215)
Composition	Gold
Weight	7.7 g
Shape	Round (irregular)
Technique	Hammered
Orientation	Variable alignment ↺
Demonetized	Yes
Number	N# 246921
References	RIC I# 36 Harold Mattingly, Edward Allen Sydenham, Carol Humphrey Vivian Sutherland, Robert Andrew Glendinning Carson; 1984. The Roman Imperial Coinage / Volume 1. Augustus – Vitellius (31 BC–AD 69) (1923 revised Edition). Spink & Son, London, United Kingdom. , OCRE# ric.1(2).cl.36 Online Coins of the Roman Empire (http://numismatics.org/ocre/) , BMC RE# 37 British Museum (publisher). Coins of the Roman Empire in the British Museum. British Museum, London, United Kingdom (6 volumes). , Calicó# 362a Xavier Calicó; 2003. The Roman avrei. Áureo & Calicó, Barcelona, Spain (2 volumes).

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Obverse

Head of Claudius, laureate, right

Script: Latin

Lettering: TI CLAVD CAESAR AVG P M TR P VI IMP XI

Unabridged legend: Tiberius Claudius Caesar Augustus, Pontifex Maximus, Tribunicia Potestate Sexta, Imperator Undecimus.

Translation: Tiberius Claudius Caesar, emperor (Augustus), high priest, holder of tribunician power for the fourth time, supreme commander (Imperator) for the eleventh time.

Reverse

Battlemented wall enclosing praetorian camp; inside, soldier, holding spear, right; in front, aquila; behind, pediment with flanking walls

Script: Latin

Lettering: IMPER RECEPT

Unabridged legend: Imperatore Recepto.

Translation: The supreme commander received [into allegiance].

Mint

Rome (ancient), Italy (?-476)

Comments

Source: Online Coins of the Roman Empire (OCRE)

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Date					VG	F	VF	XF	AU	UNC
Undetermined
ND (46-47)

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