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Aureus with bust of Divus Claudius, struck under Nero
Roman
Imperial Period
A.D. 54
Mint: Rome
Medium/Technique
Gold
Dimensions
Diameter: 20 mm. Weight: 7.68 gm. Die Axis: 1
Credit Line
Theodora Wilbour Fund in memory of Zoë Wilbour
Accession Number69.1054
CollectionsAncient Greece and Rome
ClassificationsNumismatics – Coins
DescriptionObverse: Bust of Claudius, laureate, left.
DIVVS CLAVDIVS AVGVSTVS
Reverse: Quadriga drawing ornate car on top of which are four horses flanked left and right by a Victory. On side and front figures (Victory and Virtus?) and wreath.
In exergue: traces of EXSC
DIVVS CLAVDIVS AVGVSTVS
Reverse: Quadriga drawing ornate car on top of which are four horses flanked left and right by a Victory. On side and front figures (Victory and Virtus?) and wreath.
In exergue: traces of EXSC
ProvenanceBy date unknown: with Dr. Jacob Hirsch, Arcisstrasse 17, Munich, Germany (auction 20, November 13ff., 1907, lot 527); by 1969: with Bank Leu AG, Bahnhofstrasse 32, CH-8022 Zurich, Switzerland and Adolph Hess AG, Haldenstrasse 5 CH-6000 Lucerne, Switzerland (auction 41, Hotel Schweizerhof, Lucerne, April 24-25, 1969, lot 104); purchased on behalf of the MFA at auction 41 by Robert E. Hecht, Jr.; September 23, 1969: purchased by MFA from Robert E. Hecht, Jr.