6. An Aureus with the image of Emperor Claudius and the inscription TI CLAVD CAESAR AVG PM TRP IIII (Tiberius Claudius Caesar Augustus Pontifex Maximus Tribunicia Potestate IIII); minted 44/45. Emperor Claudius reigned in 41-54 AD. Britannia was conquered under his regency, whereupon the senate granted him the honorary title „Britannicus“. The Empire underwent its biggest expansion during Claudius’ regency: from the Atlantic to the Black Sea and from Africa until well into today’s Turkey.