Bronze As, 27 mm, 7.82 gm.
Obv. Bare head of Claudius left.
Rev. Libertas standing right, raising hand and holding pileus.
Claudius, though born with a stammering handicap, as the last surviving relative of Germanicus was chosen to succeed Caligula, whose sister Agrippina Jr. he eventually married. She poisoned him and her son Nero succeeded to the throne.
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