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<p>[QUOTE="jamesicus, post: 3208651, member: 14873"]<font face="Times New Roman"></font></p><p><font face="Times New Roman">I have not been able to find any references relating to optional location of the NCAPR counterstamp - Mattingly only lists positioning it behind the head - but that only means I haven’t come across a reference so far. It seems that counterstamps were often carelessly applied on irregular issue coins (struck from locally made unofficial dies) as with the following PROB countermarked sestertius .......</font></p><p><font face="Times New Roman"><br /></font></p><p><font face="Times New Roman"><br /></font></p><p><font face="Times New Roman"><img src="http://jp29.org/000claudprobs.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></font></p><p><font face="Times New Roman"><i>BMCRE, Vol. I, CLAUDIUS, SESTERTIUS, Rome, No. 120, 41-45AD (38mm, 29.2gm)</i></font></p><p><font face="Times New Roman">Obverse depiction: Claudius, laureate head facing right</font></p><p><font face="Times New Roman">Inscription: <b>TI CLAVDIVS CAESAR AVG PM TRP IMP</b></font></p><p><font face="Times New Roman">Countermarked <b>PROB</b></font></p><p><font face="Times New Roman">Mattingly note - Cmk in oblong incuse in front of neck and face; end of legend obliterated</font></p><p><font face="Times New Roman">Reverse depiction: Civic Oak Wreath</font></p><p><font face="Times New Roman">Inscription in four lines:</font></p><p><font face="Times New Roman"><b>EX SC</b></font></p><p><font face="Times New Roman"><b>O B</b></font></p><p><font face="Times New Roman"><b>C I V E S</b></font></p><p><font face="Times New Roman"><b>SERVATOS</b></font></p><p><font face="Times New Roman">(within Civic Oak Wreath)</font></p><p><font face="Times New Roman"><br /></font></p><p><font face="Times New Roman">I believe this to be an irregular issue coin (struck from locally made unofficial dies). Note the flattened and bulged area on the reverse resulting from the very heavily struck countermark on the obverse which was carelesly positioned almost off the flan. The inscriptional lettering on the reverse is uneven and not well formed.</font></p><p><font face="Times New Roman"><br /></font></p><p><font face="Times New Roman">Note:</font></p><p><font face="Times New Roman"><br /></font></p><p><font face="Times New Roman">It seems that there was a large amount of irregular coinage (struck from locally made unofficial dies) produced in Gaul with Roman Imperial approval in order to provide additional currency, especially in Britain following the conquest of that country by Claudius. These coins, which often were of inferior design and execution, were also countermarked <b>PROB</b> on the coin obverse and circulated as legal tender despite their often flawed appearance.</font></p><p><font face="Times New Roman"></font>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="jamesicus, post: 3208651, member: 14873"][FONT=Times New Roman] I have not been able to find any references relating to optional location of the NCAPR counterstamp - Mattingly only lists positioning it behind the head - but that only means I haven’t come across a reference so far. It seems that counterstamps were often carelessly applied on irregular issue coins (struck from locally made unofficial dies) as with the following PROB countermarked sestertius ....... [IMG]http://jp29.org/000claudprobs.jpg[/IMG] [I]BMCRE, Vol. I, CLAUDIUS, SESTERTIUS, Rome, No. 120, 41-45AD (38mm, 29.2gm)[/I] Obverse depiction: Claudius, laureate head facing right Inscription: [B]TI CLAVDIVS CAESAR AVG PM TRP IMP[/B] Countermarked [B]PROB[/B] Mattingly note - Cmk in oblong incuse in front of neck and face; end of legend obliterated Reverse depiction: Civic Oak Wreath Inscription in four lines: [B]EX SC[/B] [B]O B[/B] [B]C I V E S[/B] [B]SERVATOS[/B] (within Civic Oak Wreath) I believe this to be an irregular issue coin (struck from locally made unofficial dies). Note the flattened and bulged area on the reverse resulting from the very heavily struck countermark on the obverse which was carelesly positioned almost off the flan. The inscriptional lettering on the reverse is uneven and not well formed. Note: It seems that there was a large amount of irregular coinage (struck from locally made unofficial dies) produced in Gaul with Roman Imperial approval in order to provide additional currency, especially in Britain following the conquest of that country by Claudius. These coins, which often were of inferior design and execution, were also countermarked [B]PROB[/B] on the coin obverse and circulated as legal tender despite their often flawed appearance. [/FONT][/QUOTE]
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