Claudius, 41-54. Aureus (Gold, 18mm, 7.74 g 12), Rome, 44-45. TI CLAVD CAESAR AVG P M TR P IIII Laureate head of Claudius to right. Rev. PACI AVGVSTAE Pax-Nemesis walking right, holding a fold of her drapery before her face with her right hand and, in her left, a winged caduceus, pointed downwards at a snake at her feet to right. BMC 26. Calicó 366. RIC 27. Cf. Von Kaenel 565. Lightly toned. Some light scratches on the reverse and some deposits; otherwise, very fine.

From the Stoecklin Collection.

The curious, composite goddess on the reverse of this coin may well have been an invention of the emperor himself: Claudius was particularly interested in scholarly pursuits, including the Etruscan language and religious history; a curiously combined goddess like this one would surely have appealed to him.