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DR-459 | Crawford: 383/1
Tiberius Claudius Nero
Tiberius Claudius Nero


Gens: Claudia
Moneyer: Tiberius Claudius Nero
Date and mint: 79 BC - Rome


Obverse: Bust of Diana, right, draped, with quiver on her shoulder. Dotted border.
Legend: S C
Symbols: Reverse below, control mark

Reverse: Victoria in biga, right, holding palm branch and reins on left and crown on right. Dotted border.
Legend: TI CLAVD TI F / AP N oTI CLAVD TI F / AP N oTI CLAD TI F / AP N

Comment: It is assumed that the author of this denarius is the grandfather of the later Emperor of Roma Tiberius. The victory on the reverse reminds us of the victories of an ancestor of the Gens C. CLAudius Nero over Hannibal and Hasdrubal

Provenance: Numismatica Ars Classica (2017)
Price: 918
383/1
383/1
Image courtesy of: Numismatica Ars Classica

Other references

Crawford: 383/1
DR: 459
BMCRR (Grueber): Roma 3096-3113, 3114-3141
B (Babelon): Claudia 5, 6
RSC (Seaby): Claudia 5, 6
FFC (Fdez., Fdez., Calicó): 566, 567
RC / RCV (D. Sear): 310
CRI (Sear Imperators) 49 - 27 BC:
CRR (Sydenham): 770, 770a
Cal (Calicó): 425, 426
RBW: 1411
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