42-54 AD., Claudius, provincial branch mint, As, cf. RIC 92.

Claudius, uncertain provincial branch mint (in Gallia or Hispania ?), 42-54 AD.,
Æ As (28-29 mm / 10,73 g),
Obv.: CLAVDIVS CAESAR AVG P M TR P IMPPp , bare head left.
Rev.: [LIBE]RTAS - [AVGVST]A / S - C , Libertas standing front, head right, holding pileus in right hand and extending left hand; clumsy style.
for prototypes, cf. RIC 92 ; - BMC 145-146 ; - CBN 177 ; - Coh. 47 .

In an attempt to meet the needs of local demand, Claudius' aes coinage was heavily imitated throughout the provinces. Because many of the die engravers making these imitations were highly skilled artisans, style is most often the only key to distinguishing between an imitative and an imperial issue. The portrait and style of this coin, suggest it may be struck in a provincial mint.