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Claudius. AD 41-54. AR Denarius (19mm, 3.68 g, 5h). Rome mint. Struck AD 43-44. Laureate head right / Battlemented wall inscribed IMPER RECEPT enclosing praetorian camp in which Fides Praetorianorum stands left, holding spear in right hand, aquila before him; behind, a pediment with fortified flanking walls. RIC I 20; RSC 42a. VF, toned, scratches.
From the collection of an English Gentleman, purchased from Spink, 2007.
Claudius was the first of many emperors to be raised to that office by the Praetorian Guard. This remarkable reverse type depicting the praetorian camp, which lay north-east of Rome outside the Servian Wall, celebrates the event.
From the collection of an English Gentleman, purchased from Spink, 2007.
Claudius was the first of many emperors to be raised to that office by the Praetorian Guard. This remarkable reverse type depicting the praetorian camp, which lay north-east of Rome outside the Servian Wall, celebrates the event.