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Source Description
Minted in Rome, this coin depicts the triumphal arch erected there in 44 AD commemorating Claudius in the campaign in Britain. On top of the arch is the emperor seated on a horse between two military trophies. The arch itself was a converted aqueduct which crossed the main road leading north toward Rome. Claudius was the youngest of the three surviving children of Drusus and Antonia Minor and the first Roman emperor to have been born outside Rome.
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Document identity
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144363
label
Aureus: Bust of Claudius I (obverse); Triumphal Arch with Equestrian Statue and Trophies (reverse)
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object
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1
Source metadata
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144363
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object
title
Aureus: Bust of Claudius I (obverse); Triumphal Arch with Equestrian Statue and Trophies (reverse)
description
Minted in Rome, this coin depicts the triumphal arch erected there in 44 AD commemorating Claudius in the campaign in Britain. On top of the arch is the emperor seated on a horse between two military trophies. The arch itself was a converted aqueduct which crossed the main road leading north toward Rome. Claudius was the youngest of the three surviving children of Drusus and Antonia Minor and the first Roman emperor to have been born outside Rome.
date
47–48 CE
rights
CC0
rightsUri
CC0
language
en
wikidata
Q79921457
genreSpecific
Coins
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1
source
import
dimensionsRaw
Diameter: 1.9 cm (3/4 in.)
cul
England, Roman, Claudius I (41–54 CE)
accession
1969.158
Source extras
tec
gold
tombstone
Aureus: Bust of Claudius I (obverse); Triumphal Arch with Equestrian Statue and Trophies (reverse), 47–48 CE. England, Roman, Claudius I (41–54 CE). Gold; diameter: 1.9 cm (3/4 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, The Norweb Collection, 1969.158
collection
MED - Numismatics
inscriptions
inscription
TI. CLAVD. CAESAR. AVG. P. M. TR. P.. VI. IMP. XI.
inscription_translation
Tiberius Claudius Caesar Augustus, Pontifex Maximus, Tribunicia Potestate Sexta, Imperator Undecimus.
(Tiberius Claudius Caesar, emperor (Augustus), high priest, holder of tribunician power for the fourth time, supreme commander (Imperator) for the eleventh time.)
inscription_remark
obverse
inscription
De Britann
inscription_remark
reverse
didYouKnow
During his reign, Claudius started the successful campaign for the conquest of Britain.
citations
citation
Cleveland Museum of Art, and Emery May Norweb. English Gold Coins, Ancient to Modern Times, On Loan to the Cleveland Museum of Art from the Norweb Collection. 1968.
page_number
pp. 17
citation
Emery May Norweb Collection (Cleveland, Ohio), Emery May Norweb, C. E. Blunt, F. Elmore Jones, and R. P. Mack. Collection of Ancient British, Romano-British and English Coins. London: Spink, 1971.
page_number
pp. 1, 21-22
creditline
The Norweb Collection
updatedAt
2026-05-29 07:24:48.211000
sourceId
144363
dept
Medieval Art
coll
MED - Numismatics
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gold
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1
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0
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photo
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