CLAUDIUS. 41-54 AD. Æ As (29mm, 9.93 g, 7h). Rome mint. TI CLAVDIVS CAESAR AVG P M TR P IMP, bare head left / S C across field, Minerva, wearing aegis, advancing right, brandishing spear with right hand and holding round shield in left hand. RIC I 100; BMCRE 149; Cohen 84. (Image and description courtesy CNG)
You were correct; Claudius.
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