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Dupondius - Claudius CERES AVGVSTA S C; Ceres

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Issuer RomeRoman Empire (27 BC - 395 AD)
Emperor Claudius (Tiberius Claudius Drusus) (41-54)
Type Standard circulation coins
Years 41-50
Value 1 Dupondius = ⅛ Denarius
Currency Denarius, Reform of Augustus (27 BC – AD 215)
Composition Bronze
Weight 12.2 g
Diameter 28.5 mm
Shape Round (irregular)
Technique Hammered
Demonetized Yes
Number
N#
246979
References RIC I# 94
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.94
Online Coins of the Roman Empire (http://numismatics.org/ocre/)

Obverse

Head of Claudius, bare, left

Script: Latin

Lettering: TI CLAVDIVS CAESAR AVG P M TR P IMP

Translation:
Tiberius Claudius Caesar Augustus, Pontifex Maximus, Tribunicia Potestate, Imperator.
Tiberius Claudius Caesar, emperor (Augustus), high priest, holder of tribunician power, supreme commander (Imperator).

Reverse

Ceres, veiled and draped, seated left, on ornamented throne, holding grain stalks in right hand and transverse torch in left

Script: Latin

Lettering: CERES AVGVSTA S C

Translation:
Ceres Augusta. Senatus Consultum.
Ceres, the venerable. Decree of the Senate.

Mint

Rome (ancient), Italy (?-476)

Comments

Mass varies: 6.24–17.14 g;
Diameter varies: 25–31 mm;
Source: Online Coins of the Roman Empire (OCRE)

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