Quadrans - Claudius ROM ET AVG

Features

Issuer	Roman Empire (Rome)
Emperor	Claudius (Tiberius Claudius Drusus) (41-54)
Type	Standard circulation coin
Year	41
Value	1 Quadrans = ¼ As = 1⁄64 Denarius
Currency	Denarius, Reform of Augustus (27 BC – AD 215)
Composition	Bronze
Weight	3.6 g
Shape	Round (irregular)
Technique	Hammered
Demonetized	Yes
Number	N# 246886
References	RIC I# 1, Harold Mattingly, Edward Allen Sydenham, Carol Humphrey Vivian Sutherland, Robert A. G. Carson; 1984. The Roman Imperial Coinage / Volume 1. Augustus – Vitellius (31 BC–AD 69) (1923 revised edition). Spink & Son, London, United Kingdom. OCRE# ric.1(2).cl.1 Online Coins of the Roman Empire (http://numismatics.org/ocre/)

Obverse

Head of Claudius, laureate, right

Script: Latin

Lettering: TI CLAVDIVS CAESAR AVG P M TR P IMP

Unabridged legend: Tiberius Claudius Caesar Augustus, Pontifex Maximus, Tribunicia Potestate, Imperator.

Translation: Tiberius Claudius Caesar, emperor (Augustus), high priest, holder of tribunician power, supreme commander (Imperator).

Reverse

Altar flanked by stylized figures, decorated with laurels and corona civica; Victories on columns

Script: Latin

Lettering: ROM ET AVG

Unabridged legend: Romae et Augusto.

Translation: To Rome and the emperor (Augustus).

Mint

Comments

Mass varies: 3.512–3.59 g;
Source: Online Coins of the Roman Empire (OCRE)

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Numista Rarity index: 97

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