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Aureus - Claudius PRAETOR RECEPT
| Issuer | Roman Imperial Mint |
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| Year | 43-44 |
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| Currency | Denarius, Reform of Augustus (27 BC – AD 215) |
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| Obverse lettering | TI CLAVD CAESAR AVG P M TR P III (Translation: Tiberius Claudius Caesar Augustus, Pontifex Maximus, Tribunicia Potestate Tertia. Tiberius Claudius Caesar, emperor (Augustus), high priest, holder of tribunician power for the third time.) |
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| Mintage | ND (43-44) |
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This aureus commemorates the Roman invasion of Britain in 43 AD, one of the most consequential military operations of Claudius's reign — and one he personally attended, however briefly, to claim the triumph his generals had already secured. The legend PRAETOR RECEPT, referring to the recovery of the praetorium or reception of a general's submission, is tied directly to the formal capitulation of British tribes at Camulodunum.
Claudius spent only sixteen days in Britain. The coins did the political work his presence could not.