As of Claudius - 1967.06

Acquisition number: 1967.06

Other images

Rev.: Constantia in military dress, holding a spear

Obv.: Head of Claudius l., bare. TI(berius) CLAVDIVS CAESAR AVG(ustus) P(ontifex) M(aximus) TR(ibunicia) P(otestate) IMP(erator) P(ater) P(atriae).

Rev.: Constantia standing l., helmeted, in military dress, right hand raised, spear in left hand. CONSTANTIAE AVGVSTI. In field, S(enatus) C(onsulto).

Title: As of Claudius - 1967.06

Acquisition number: 1967.06

Author or editor: Beryl Rawson

Culture or period: Roman Imperial

Date: AD 41-2

Material: Metal - Copper

Object type: Coins - Roman

Dimensions: 29mm (w)

Origin region or location: Italy

Origin city: Rome

Display case or on loan: 5

Keywords: Coin, as, Roman, Imperial, Claudius, Constantia

Sear, D.R., Roman Coins and their Values 5 vols (London, Spink, 2000-2014) 1857; Mattingly, H., E.A. Sydenham, C.H. Sutherland, R.A. Carson, The Roman Imperial Coinage 13 vols (London,  Spink, 1923-1994) 95; Mattingly, H.,Coins of the Roman Empire in the British Museum, 6 vols (London, 1965) 140; Giard, J.-P., Catalogue des Monnaies de l’Empire Romain 3 vols (Paris: Bibliothèque Nationale, 1988-1998) 176, C14 [Rome, AD 41-2].

1967.06

As of Claudius

10.947 g. AD 41-2

Obv.: Head of Claudius l., bare. TI(berius) CLAVDIVS CAESAR AVG(ustus) P(ontifex) M(aximus) TR(ibunicia) P(otestate) IMP(erator) P(ater) P(atriae).

Rev.: Constantia standing l., helmeted, in military dress, right hand raised, spear in left hand. CONSTANTIAE AVGVSTI. In field, S(enatus) C(onsulto).

Constantia, is the personification of consistency (constancy, persistence, endurance). This reverse was a new type instituted by Claudius though it was a virtue not always associated with him. It appears on his coins in several guises (military and domestic).

Claudius became Pontifex Maximus (head priest) early in AD 42.

Sear, D.R., Roman Coins and their Values 5 vols (London, Spink, 2000-2014) 1857; Mattingly, H., E.A. Sydenham, C.H. Sutherland, R.A. Carson, The Roman Imperial Coinage 13 vols (London,  Spink, 1923-1994) 95; Mattingly, H.,Coins of the Roman Empire in the British Museum, 6 vols (London, 1965) 140; Giard, J.-P., Catalogue des Monnaies de l’Empire Romain 3 vols (Paris: Bibliothèque Nationale, 1988-1998) 176, C14 [Rome, AD 41-2].