CERTIFICATE OF AUTHENTICITY
![](images/Claudius_AE25_SC_Butcher93-95_1.jpg "᷅ <font color=\\"#FF0000\\"><b>SOLD</b></font color>: Claudius, 41 to 54 AD, Syria, Seleucis and Pieria, Antioch, AE25, SC, struck c. 41-54 AD")
- Emperor:
- Claudius
- Denomination:
- AE25, possibly an ancient forgery (read below)
- Composition:
- Bronze
- Date:
- circa 41-54 AD
- Obverse:
- [IMP(?)TICLAVDCAE AVGGER], Laureate bust of Claudius right
- Reverse:
- SC, dot above and below, in circle within laurel wreath of eight bunches of leaves
- Reference:
- Butcher 93-95
- Size:
- 25mm, 14.1g, 12h
- Province:
- Syria, Seleucis and Pieria, Antiochia ad Orontem
- Grade:
- gF, desert patina
Tiberius Claudius Caesar Augustus Germanicus was Emperor of Rome from 41 to 54 AD. The first Roman Emperor born outside Italy he suffered from a limp and sligh deafness. Despite this, he proved a capable Emperor. At age 63, he died in 54 AD, possibly at his wife's hands, and was succeeded by his adopted son Nero as Emperor. This coin was struck at the Antioch mint in Syria. Due to the different style (dot above and below), Butcher classifies this coin as being minted in an intermediate period between the earlier and later issues of Claudius or alternatively the product of ancient counterfeiters.Accordingly a more precise date cannot be attributed to this coin. The purpose of the pellets and numeral letters on the coins from Antioch must have served some purpose but what that purpose was exactly has been lost in time and remains today the subject of some speculation.
I, Peter A. Piliouras of Ancient Coin Traders irrevocably guarantee for life to the Purchaser that this ancient coin is authentic. If this coin is deemed not to be authentic by a professional certification service, then I will refund to the Purchaser the full cost of acquiring the coin (including shipping) together with the certification fees.
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Signed: Peter Anthony Piliouras
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