<p>Bronze <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sestertius" class="extiw" title="en:Sestertius">en:Sestertius</a> issued by the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roman_Emperor" class="extiw" title="en:Roman Emperor">en:Roman Emperor</a> <a href="//commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Claudius" title="Claudius">Claudius</a> circa 48 AD. The obverse shows a very accurate representation of the emperor in profile with his titles. The reverse is a type that originated with the birth of Claudius' son <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Britannicus" class="extiw" title="en:Britannicus">en:Britannicus</a>. The goddess Hope is represented, and the caption "Spes Augusta" translates to the "Hope of the Emperor." This commemorates the birth of the heir as a hopeful event for the royal family. This motif would be used by many emperors after Claudius.
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This picture is self-made. Two pictures of a coin in my possession were pasted together.
The original uploader was <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:LaurenCole" class="extiw" title="wikipedia:User:LaurenCole">LaurenCole</a> at <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/" class="extiw" title="wikipedia:">English Wikipedia</a>.
5 November 2005 (original upload date)
Transferred from <span class="plainlinks"><a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org">en.wikipedia</a></span> to Commons.