[eBay logo] Home Listings Buyers Sellers Search Help News/Chat Site Map Subscribe now! Get your charter subscription to eBay magazine. Give us your comments! Test drive the new, revised site. Please read a letter from Meg and Pierre about our engineering efforts. Claudius AE As, A.D. 41-54, Nice Portrait Item #134029509 Coins & Stamps:Coins:Non-US:Ancient, Medieval [Image] Bidding is closed for this item. [Image] [Show description]Currently $36.00 First bid $1.99 Quantity 1 # of bids 13 (bid history) [Leave feedback] (with emails) (to seller) Time left Auction has Location Long Island, NY (to bidder) ended. [envelope] (mail this auction to Started 07/19/99, 14:57:12 PDT a friend) [Gift Alert] (request a gift Ends 07/26/99, 14:57:12 PDT alert) [Image] Seller sfamilia (145) [star] (view comments in seller's Feedback Profile) (view seller's other auctions) (ask seller a question) [Image] High bid novafelix (16) [star] [Image] Payment Money Order/Cashiers Checks, Personal Checks, See item description for payment methods accepted Shipping Buyer pays fixed shipping charges, See item description for shipping charges [Image] Relist Seller: Didn't sell your item the first time? item eBay will refund your relisting fee if it sells the second time around. Relist this item. Seller assumes all responsibility for listing this item. You should contact the seller to resolve any questions before bidding. Currency is dollar ($) unless otherwise noted. Description Ancient, Medieval & Modern World Coins, Tokens and Currency Thank you for taking the time to look over my auctions. All items are guaranteed genuine and, as always, you have a 10 day return privilege . so please bid with confidence. I try to offer something for the . beginner, intermediate and advanced collector but if you you don't find what you are looking for please feel free to email your want list to me at sfamilia@optonline.net. For additional shipping information please click here. Good luck! Claudius AE As, A.D. 41-54 . . [Image] Obverse: CLAVDIVS CAESAR AVG.P.M.TR.P.IMP. Bare head left. Reverse: Minerva advancing right, brandishing javelin and holding shield. Catalog: Sear-639 Condition: Fine/VG I'm really going out on a limb with the description of this coin. I'm assuming it is Sear 639 but I can't be sure. The coin is struck a bit off center and the lower portion of the obverse is off the flan so I can't be certain of the full legend. But I'm pretty certain the attribution is correct. At any rate, the portrait is quite decent and this is not a bad coin at all. It would make a nice budget piece for an inexpensive 12 Caesars collection. The coin does look much better than the scan, the color is slightly darker and the obverse legend is much more bold. Tiberius Claudius Drusus Nero Germanicus 10 B.C.–A.D. 54, Roman emperor (A.D. 41–A.D. 54), son of Nero Claudius Drusus Germanicus and thus nephew of Tiberius. When Caligula was murdered (A.D. 41), the soldiers found Claudius, who had been of little importance, hiding in abject terror behind a curtain in the palace. They hauled him forth, and the Praetorians proclaimed him emperor. This act offended the senators, who never forgave Claudius. It also made him favor the army. He annexed Mauretania and landed in A.D. 43 in Britain, which he made a province. Agrippa's kingdom of Judaea and the kingdom of Thrace were reabsorbed into the empire, and the authority of the provincial procurators was extended. He caused Messalina, his third wife, to be executed and was in turn supposedly poisoned by her successor, Agrippina the Younger, after she had persuaded him to pass over his son Britannicus as heir in favor of Nero, her son by a former husband. Claudius was much reviled by his enemies and historians have accused him of being only a tool in the hands of his freedmen-secretaries and his wives; there are indications, however, that he had considerable administrative ability. Claudius' literary works are lost. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . SHIPPING INFO Winning bidder in the U.S. pays $.75 postage on this lot, an additional $.85 for insurance. Postage outside the U.S. will be slightly more, depending on your location. Foreign buyers please contact me after completion of auction to determine mailing costs. . Adjustments to postage will be made for winners of multiple lots. Good luck! 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