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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Ardatirion, post: 859020, member: 9204&quot;]That&#039;s a bit wishful. But it is a decent looking piece. This appears to be an official one, too. The Minerva type as was the most imitated/counterfeited coin of the first century AD, particularly in Britain. The current working theory is that, following the invasion, the supply of official bronze was insufficient for transactions, and these pieces were produced locally in response to the shortage. </p><p><br /></p><p>Here&#039;s two contemporary counterfeits:</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="http://www.forumancientcoins.com/gallery/albums/userpics/18271/Cast_imitation_of_Claudius_as.JPG" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p>Cast Imitation of the 1st century</p><p>Minerva as, 27mm</p><p>bare head r.</p><p>TI CLAVDIVS CAESAR AVG TR P IMP PP</p><p>Minerva advancing r., holding shield and brandishing spear</p><p>Sutherland Grade II</p><p><br /></p><p>Cast in two parts, slightly separated.&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p><img src="http://www.forumancientcoins.com/gallery/albums/userpics/18271/claudius_barbarous.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p>Struck Imitation of the 1st century</p><p>Minerva as</p><p>bare head r.</p><p>Minerva advancing r., holding shield and brandishing spear, SC</p><p>Sutherland Grade III</p><p><br /></p><p>Found in Canterbury, Kent.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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