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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;dougsmit, post: 8289212, member: 19463&quot;][ATTACH=full]1464941[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>A feature of the NCAPR mark that I find interesting is that the mark almost always appears in the same place on the host coin of that same type but varies in location for different types.&nbsp; The Claudius sestertii tend to have it behind the right facing head making my coin &#039;strange&#039;.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1464946[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>The Nero Claudius Drusus is also behind the head but the head is left facing.</p><p><br /></p><p>There are other types which regularly show the c/m on the reverse. I have not seen this addressed to include any reason for the variations or lack thereof.</p><p><br /></p><p>It would be good to hear an explanation of the opinion that the mark dates to Vespasian.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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