Claudius Æ As. Uncertain Spanish mint, AD 41-50. TI CLAVDIVS CAESAR AVG P M TR P IMP, bare head to left / Minerva standing facing, head to right, hurling javelin and holding round shield; S-C across fields. RIC I 100 (Rome); BMCRE 149 (Rome); cf. Roma E-69, lot 916. 9.93g, 28mm, 6h.
Near Very Fine.
From the Antonio Carmona Collection.
Produced to augment official monetary supply and based on the type produced in great quantities in Rome, this highly expressive portrait and detailed depiction of Minerva was struck from dies likely produced in a Spanish city-mint.