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Divus Claudius I (AD 41-54). AV aureus (19mm, 7.81 gm, 7h). NGC XF 5/5 - 3/5, brushed. Lugdunum (or Rome), ca. October-December AD 54. DIVVS CLAVDIVS AVGVSTVS, laureate head of Claudius I left / EX S C, slow quadriga right, pulling tensa with constructed like a temple, pediment decorated with two pateras and a lituus, surmounted by quadriga of horses and flanked by two Victories, on the side panel of the car a standing frontal figure holding scepter or spear and a Victory advancing right holding out wreath; on the front panel, a standing figure and a wreath. RIC I (Nero) 4. Calicó 354 (this coin). Biaggi 203 (this coin).
From the Monaco Collection. Ex Peter J. Merani Collection (Triton XXIV, 19 January 2021), lot 124; Berk, Buy or Bid Sale 146 (29 November 2005), lot 7; Nelson Bunker Hunt Collection (Part II, Sotheby's New York, 21 June 1990), lot 682; Leo Biaggi de Blasys Collection, 203; Henry Platt Hall Collection (Part II, Glendining, 16 November 1950), lot 1024
A tensa was used to transport the attributes of a god to the circus in the procession before circus games, and was occasionally used to honor deified emperors as displayed on this and similar issues of Divus Vespasian.
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Estimate: 10000-15000 USD
Divus Claudius I (AD 41-54). AV aureus (19mm, 7.81 gm, 7h). NGC XF 5/5 - 3/5, brushed. Lugdunum (or Rome), ca. October-December AD 54. DIVVS CLAVDIVS AVGVSTVS, laureate head of Claudius I left / EX S C, slow quadriga right, pulling tensa with constructed like a temple, pediment decorated with two pateras and a lituus, surmounted by quadriga of horses and flanked by two Victories, on the side panel of the car a standing frontal figure holding scepter or spear and a Victory advancing right holding out wreath; on the front panel, a standing figure and a wreath. RIC I (Nero) 4. Calicó 354 (this coin). Biaggi 203 (this coin).
From the Monaco Collection. Ex Peter J. Merani Collection (Triton XXIV, 19 January 2021), lot 124; Berk, Buy or Bid Sale 146 (29 November 2005), lot 7; Nelson Bunker Hunt Collection (Part II, Sotheby's New York, 21 June 1990), lot 682; Leo Biaggi de Blasys Collection, 203; Henry Platt Hall Collection (Part II, Glendining, 16 November 1950), lot 1024
A tensa was used to transport the attributes of a god to the circus in the procession before circus games, and was occasionally used to honor deified emperors as displayed on this and similar issues of Divus Vespasian.
https://coins.ha.com/itm/ancients/roman-imperial/ancients-divus-claudius-i-ad-41-54-av-aureus-19mm-781-gm-7h-ngc-xf-5-5-3-5-brushed/a/3094-32020.s?type=CoinArchives3094
HID02906262019
© 2020 Heritage Auctions | All Rights Reserved
Estimate: 10000-15000 USD