Claudius I (AD 41-54). AV aureus (19mm, 7.67 gm, 3h). NGC AU 5/5 - 4/5. Rome, AD 46-47. TI CLAVD CAESAR•AVG•P•M•TR•P•VI•IMP XI, laureate head of Claudius I right / DE BRITANN, legend on architrave of triumphal arch surmounted by equestrian statue left, right hand raised, spear in left; between two trophies. RIC I 33. Calicó 349a (Rome or Lugdunum). CNR XIV, p. 51, 33 (this coin). Brilliantly struck on lustrous flan. Areas of orange toning. From the Monaco Collection. Ex Long Valley River Collection (Roma Numismatics, Auction XX, 29 October 2020), lot 548; acquired from Numismatica Ars Classica AG. Published in A. Banti & L. Simonetti, Corpus Nummorum Romanorum Vol. XIV (Florence, 1977) This rare issue depicts the triumphal Arch of Claudius, commissioned in AD 43, dedicated in AD 51. It was a conversion of one of the arches of the Aqua Virgo aqueduct where it crossed the Via Flaminia. The arch no longer exists, but a fragment of the inscription is housed in the Capitoline Museum.

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