42-43 AD, Claudius for Nero Claudius Drusus, Rome mint, Sestertius, RIC 109.
Claudius Sestertius, for Nero Claudius Drusus, Rome mint 42-43 AD
Av.: NERO CLAVDIVS DRVSVS GERMANICVS IMP , bare head of Nero Claudius Drusus l.
Rv: TI CLAVDIVS CAESAR AVG P M TR P IMP P P / S C , Claudius, bare-headed and togate, seated l. on curule chair, holding branch in r. hand; around various weapons and armour
RIC (Claudius) 109 ; C 8 ; BMC (Claudius 208) ; CBN (Claudius) 198.
Curtis Clay 29/08/2010:
"I think it was A. Alföldi who pointed out that the curule chair in this rev. type, and in the similar type on Titus' Colosseum sestertii, rests on a globe, so the emperor is apparently depicted as conqueror and ruler of the world!
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