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Auction 14 17 May 2017
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Claudius, 41-54. Aureus (Gold, 18mm, 7.74 g 12), Rome, 44-45. TI CLAVD CAESAR AVG P M TR P IIII Laureate head of Claudius to right. Rev. PACI AVGVSTAE Pax-Nemesis walking right, holding a fold of her drapery before her face with her right hand and, in her left, a winged caduceus, pointed downwards at a snake at her feet to right. BMC 26. Calicó 366. RIC 27. Cf. Von Kaenel 565. Lightly toned. Some light scratches on the reverse and some deposits; otherwise, very fine.
From the Stoecklin Collection.
The curious, composite goddess on the reverse of this coin may well have been an invention of the emperor himself: Claudius was particularly interested in scholarly pursuits, including the Etruscan language and religious history; a curiously combined goddess like this one would surely have appealed to him.
From the Stoecklin Collection.
The curious, composite goddess on the reverse of this coin may well have been an invention of the emperor himself: Claudius was particularly interested in scholarly pursuits, including the Etruscan language and religious history; a curiously combined goddess like this one would surely have appealed to him.