CLAUDE I January 24 41 - October 13 54 - Lot 56

CLAUDE I January 24 41 - October 13 54 TI CLAVDIVS CAESAR AVG GERM. Bare head of Claudius left. R/. LIBERIS/AVG/COL A A P. Two horns surmounted by Claudius' two daughters: Claudia Antonia on the left, looking to the right, and Claudia Octavia right, looking left. Between them, draped bust of Britannicus. ♦ Cf Cohen 1 page 265 Renaissance strike of the dupondius (medium bronze) struck at Patræ. (12,23 g) Light brown patina. T.B. Claudius I was born on August 1, 10 BC in Lugdunum (Lyon) and died on October 13, 54 in Rome. He was the fourth Roman emperor. The three young busts are those of Claudius' three children: Claudia Antonia, Claudius' daughter from his second wife, Aelia Paetina, sister of Séjan, Britannicus and Claudia Octavia, Claudius' son and the daughter of his third wife, Valeria Messalina. Claudia Antonia faces her half-brother and sister.