Dupondius - Claudius CERES AVGVSTA S C; Ceres

Features

Issuer RomeRoman Empire (27 BC - 395 AD)
Emperor Claudius (Tiberius Claudius Drusus) (41-54)
Type Standard circulation coin
Years 50-54
Value 1 Dupondius = ⅛ Denarius
Currency Denarius, Reform of Augustus (27 BC – AD 215)
Composition Bronze
Weight 15.2 g
Diameter 32 mm
Shape Round (irregular)
Technique Hammered
Demonetized Yes
Number
N#
246995
References RIC I# 110,
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.110
Online Coins of the Roman Empire (http://numismatics.org/ocre/)

Obverse

Head of Claudius, bare, left

Script: Latin

Lettering: TI CLAVDIVS CAESAR AVG P M TR P IMP P P

Translation:
Tiberius Claudius Caesar Augustus, Pontifex Maximus, Tribunicia Potestate, Imperator, Pater Patriae.
Tiberius Claudius Caesar, emperor (Augustus), high priest, holder of tribunician power, supreme commander (Imperator), father of the nation.

Reverse

Ceres, veiled and draped, seated left, on ornamented throne, holding grain stalks in right hand and transverse torch in left

Script: Latin

Lettering: CERES AVGVSTA S C

Translation:
Ceres Augusta. Senatus Consultum.
Ceres, the venerable. Decree of the Senate.

Mint

Rome (ancient), Italy

Comments

Mass varies: 13.71–16.85 g;
Diameter varies: 29–38 mm;
Source: Online Coins of the Roman Empire (OCRE)

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