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Message:: [QUOTE="Orielensis, post: 8285920, member: 96898"]Interesting article. I wonder why the author chose to not include the most common coin of Claudius, the Minerva as:[ATTACH=full]1463873[/ATTACH] Claudius, Roman Empire, as, 41–54 AD, Rome mint. Obv: [TI] CLAVDIVS CAESAR AVG P M TR P IMP, bareheaded head of Claudius left. Rev; S–C, Minerva walking left, brandishing javelin and holding shield. 29mm, 10.35g. Ref: RIC I Claudius 100. And here is my most interesting "Claudius" coin, an unofficial imitation of a Minerva as. These are typically found in Britain as well as in the Balkans and were probably produced to compensate for a local shortage of official small change:[ATTACH=full]1463872[/ATTACH] "Claudius," Roman Emire, British (?) imitation of AE As, ca. 43–54 BC, struck in Britain (?). Obv: TI CLAV ... PM IMP ..., head of Claudius l. Rev: Minerva advancing r., holding shield and brandishing javelin. 28mm, 5.48g. Ref: RIC I Claudius 116 (prototype). Claudius also struck coins bearing the image of his deceased brother Germanicus:[ATTACH=full]1463871[/ATTACH] Germanicus (postumous issue under Claudius), AE as, 40–54 AD, Rome mint. Obv: GERMANICVS CAESAR TI AVG F DIVI AVG N; head of Germanicus, bare, r. Rev: TI CLAVDIVS CAESAR AVG GERM P M TR P IMP P P; large S C. Ref: RIC I (second edition) Claudius 106. 27mm, 10.81g.[/QUOTE]