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Aureus - Claudius S P Q R PP OB CS

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Issuer RomeRoman Empire (27 BC - 395 AD)
Emperor Claudius (Tiberius Claudius Drusus) (41-54)
Type Standard circulation coins
Years 49-50
Value 1 Aureus = 25 Denarii
Currency Denarius, Reform of Augustus (27 BC – AD 215)
Composition Gold
Weight 7.8 g
Shape Round (irregular)
Technique Hammered
Demonetized Yes
Number
N#
246935
References RIC I# 50
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.50
Online Coins of the Roman Empire (http://numismatics.org/ocre/)

Obverse

Head of Claudius, laureate, right

Script: Latin

Lettering: TI CLAVD CAESAR AVG P M TR P VIIII IMP XVIII

Translation:
Tiberius Claudius Caesar Augustus, Pontifex Maximus, Tribunicia Potestate Nona, Imperator Duodevicesimus.
Tiberius Claudius Caesar, emperor (Augustus), high priest, holder of tribunician power for the eighth time, supreme commander (Imperator) for the 18th time.

Reverse

Legend in three lines in oak-wreath

Script: Latin

Lettering: S P Q R PP OB CS

Translation:
Senatus Populusque Romanus, Pater Patriae, Ob Cives Servatos.
The senate and the Roman people to the father of the nation, the saviour of the citizens.

Mint

Rome (ancient), Italy (?-476)

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