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Denarius - Claudius PACI AVGVSTAE, Pax and Nemesis
| Issuer | Roman Imperial Mint |
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| Year | 51-52 |
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| Currency | Denarius, Reform of Augustus (27 BC – AD 215) |
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| Obverse description | Laureate and draped bust of Emperor Claudius facing right, rendered in high relief with finely detailed hair curls and a laurel wreath secured about the head. The portrait displays the characteristic physiognomy of Claudius, with a broad neck and slightly fleshy features, typical of the Claudian dynastic style. The surrounding circular legend runs continuously along the coin's rim, set within a beaded border. The field is relatively plain, allowing the portrait to dominate the design. The workmanship reflects the high standard of the Rome mint during the early Imperial period. |
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| Obverse lettering | TI CLAVD CAESAR AVG P M TR P XI IMP P P COS V (Translation: Tiberius Claudius Caesar, emperor, high priest, holder of tribunician power for the eleventh time, supreme commander, father of the nation, consul for the fifth time.) |
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The PACI AVGVSTAE ("to Augustan peace") coinage of Claudius was issued during a period when the regime had genuine military successes to project — most notably the British conquest begun in 43 AD — but also mounting anxieties about provincial unrest and Parthian pressure on Armenia. The pairing of Pax with Nemesis is deliberate and pointed: Nemesis as the divine force of retribution warned enemies that Roman peace came with consequences for those who broke it.
RIC I 62 is among the later Claudian denarius types, struck in his twelfth year of tribunician power.