Ancient Coins, Numismatic Books

Claudius (41-54), Denarius, c. 51-2, Lugdunum, laureate head right, rev. paci avgvstae, Nemesis walking right, spitting into peplos and pointing winged caduceus down at serpent, 3.64g/9h (RIC 62; CBN 71; RSC 68). Reverse a little off-centre, otherwise good very fine, toned, very rare (£1,200-1,500)

After Claudius imposed a settlement of the civil unrest in Alexandria between Greeks and Jews, the Greeks dedicated a gold statue of Pax Augusti Claudiana in appreciation, here personified as Nemesis, goddess of inexorable divine retribution