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Claudius. AD 41-54. Fourrée Denarius (17mm, 3.15 g, 1h). Romano-British imitation. Imitating a Rome mint issue of AD 50-51. TI CLAVD CAESAR AVG P M TR P X P P, laureate head right / DE BRITANN on architrave of triumphal arch surmounted by equestrian statue left, hand raised, holding spear, between two trophies. North Suffolk 109-10 (dies H/8); RIC I –; von Kaenel Type –; RSC –; cf. Elkins, Monuments Figure 75 (for rev. type); cf. SCBC 634 (for rev. type). Deeply toned, some scratches under tone, deposits, breaks in plating on reverse. Good VF. Very rare.
From the Dr. Malcolm Lyne Collection. Ex Baldwin’s 80 (8 May 2013), lot 2069; Baldwin’s 15 (13 October 1997), lot 13; V. J. E. Ryan Collection (Part V, 2 April 1952), lot 2089; Gilbert C. Drabble Collection (Glendining, 4 July 1939), lot 246; James Campion Collection (Glendining, 30 November 1937), lot 90 (part of); H. C. Levis Collection (Ars Classica XI, 18 June 1925), lot 341.
During the reign of Claudius, Verica, king of the Atrebates and ally of Rome, was forced into exile by invasions of the Catuvellauni, a neighboring tribe to the east. This served as the pretense for the Claudian invasion of Britannia in AD 43, led by general Aulus Plautius, who subsequently served as governor of the region (the future emperor Vespasian also ranked among the commanders). While Claudius had some participation in the campaigns–bringing reinforcements and elephants to Camulodunum–and received a triumph after his return to Rome, he refused the title Britannicus. The success of the invasion was commemorated on various issues. This denarius depicts the triumphal arch erected by the Roman Senate in honor of “Britannia conquered” (DE[victa] BRITANNIA). So momentous was the establishment of Roman rule in Britain that Claudius celebrated it even on a provincial issue from the far eastern mint in Cappadocia.
Closing Date and Time: 5 June 2024 at 14:09:20 ET.
All winning bids are subject to a 20% buyer’s fee.
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