As
Claudius
Roman Imperial
Roman Empire
50-54
Copper
Diameter: 1 1/8 in. (28.5 mm)
Weight: 11.17 g
Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth: Gift of Arthur Fairbanks, Class of 1886, in memory of his father, Henry Fairbanks, Class of 1853
27.1.29290
Geography
Place Made: Italy, Europe
Period
1-500
Object Name
Coin
Research Area
Numismatics: Greek and Roman
Not on view
Inscriptions
Obverse: Bare head of Claudius left; TI CLAVDIVS CAESAR AVG P [M TR P] IMP PP, left up, right down, inwardly Reverse: Standing draped Libertas, frontal, head right, right arm extended but bent at elbow, right hand holding pileus, left forearm extended horizontally to side; LIBERTAS AVGVSTA, left up, right down, inwardly; S C flanking figure in field
Course History
LAT 15, Literature of Rome, Simone Oppen, Fall 2019
Exhibition History
Artifacts of the Roman Empire, Harrington Gallery Teaching Exhibition, Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire, October 18-November 5, 1990.
Provenance
Arthur Fairbanks (1864-1944), Class of 1886; given to present collection, 1927.
Catalogue Raisonne
BMC, Vol. I: nos. 202-205, pl. 36/6
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