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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;jamesicus, post: 4620488, member: 14873&quot;]Here are two better depictions of Claudius than the earlier ones I used here:</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1144053[/ATTACH]</p><p>Sestertius, RIC Vol. I, Rome, No. 112, 50-54AD (36mm, 28.2gm)</p><p><br /></p><p>Obverse depiction: Claudius, bare neck laureate bust, facing right</p><p><br /></p><p>Inscription: TI CLAVDIVS CAESAR AVG PM TRP IMP PP</p><p><br /></p><p>Reverse depiction: Civic Oak Wreath</p><p><br /></p><p>Inscription in four lines:</p><p><br /></p><p>EX SC</p><p>P P</p><p>OB CIVES</p><p>SERVATOS</p><p><br /></p><p>(within Civic wreath)</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1144054[/ATTACH]</p><p><i>RIC Vol. I, CLAUDIUS, SESTERTIUS, Rome, No. 99 41-50 AD,</i> (36mm, 25.3gm)</p><p><br /></p><p>Obverse depiction: Claudius, bare neck laureate bust, facing right</p><p><br /></p><p>Inscription clockwise from bottom: TI CLAVDIVS CAESAR AVG PM TRP IMP</p><p><br /></p><p>Reverse depiction: Personification of Spes holding flower in right hand and demurely raising skirt with left hand</p><p><br /></p><p>Inscription clockwise from bottom: SPES AVGVSTA - S C (exergue)[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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