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Aureus: Bust of Claudius I (obverse); Triumphal Arch with Equestrian Statue and Trophies (reverse)
The collection record classifies this work as coins. It is dated 47–48 CE. Recorded culture or place: England, Roman, Claudius I (41–54 CE).
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- Museum title
- Aureus: Bust of Claudius I (obverse); Triumphal Arch with Equestrian Statue and Trophies (reverse)
- Date
- 47–48 CE
- Culture / origin
- England, Roman, Claudius I (41–54 CE)
- Materials and technique
- gold
- Dimensions
- Diameter: 1.9 cm (3/4 in.)
- Artist / maker
- Not specified by the museum
- Museum
- The Cleveland Museum of Art
- Accession number
- 1969.158
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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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