Claudius Collection (#2)

Brass Sestertius of Claudius, 1st century
Obverse view of a Roman brass sestertius, facing right, 1st century. It depicts the Julio-Claudian Emperor Claudius (10 BC - 54 AD)

Roman marble head of Claudius, 1st century BC
Roman marble head of the Emperor Claudius, 1st century BC

Colchester Castle, 1st century
Colchester Castle, which was built by the Normans on the remains of a Roman temple of Claudius, 1st century

Head of the Roman emperor Claudius, 1st century
Head of the Roman emperor Claudius (1 August 10 BC - 13 October AD 54) from Malta, 1st century

Head of the Emperor Claudius, Roman Britain, 1st century. This head, found in 1907 at the River Alde at Rendham, near Saxmundham, Suffolk

Greek manuscript of Ptolemys Geography. Artist: Claudius Ptolemy
Greek manuscript of Ptolemys Geography. Ptolemy (Claudius of Ptolemeus) (c90-168) was an Alexandrian astronomer and geographer

Ptolemy, Alexandrian Greek astronomer and geographer, 1508. Ptolemy (Claudius of Ptolemaeus) (c100-c170 AD), using a quadrant to observe the Moon and stars. Urania, Muse of Astronomy, instructs him

Ptolemaic (geocentric / Earth-centred) system of the Universe, 1708
Ptolemaic (geocentric/Earth-centred) system of the Universe, 1708. Illustration showing the position of the Sun, Moon and planets and the band of the ecliptic

Ptolemy (Claudius of Ptolemaeus), Alexandrian Greek astronomer and geographer, 1618. Ptolemy (fl150 AD) is shown wearing a crown as he was often confused with the Ptolemaic kings of Egypt

Ptolemy (Claudius of Ptolemaeus c90-158), Alexandrian Greek astronomer and geographer. Ptolemy making observations using a quadrant

Geocentric universe, 1493. God enthroned surrounded by the chosen and Angels, sits above a diagram of the geocentric Ptolemaic universe, with the Earth surrounded by water, air and fire

Copper As of Claudius, 1st century
Roman copper As of Claudius, with head facing left, 1st century

Frontispiece of Galileos Dialogo dei Massimi Sistemi, 1632. Artist: Stefano della Bella
Frontispiece of Galileos Dialogo dei Massimi Sistemi, 1632. The three figures, from left to right, are Aristotle, Ptolemy and Copernicus

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