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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;jamesicus, post: 4206545, member: 14873&quot;]<font face="Times New Roman"></font></p><p><font face="Times New Roman">Thanks Gary. Nice coin. Here is my specimen:</font></p><p><font face="Times New Roman"><br /></font></p><p><b><font face="Times New Roman">CLAUDIUS TRIUMPHAL ARCH SESTERTIUS WITH NERO COUNTERMARK</font></b></p><p><font face="Times New Roman"><br /></font></p><p><font face="Times New Roman">Evidently Nero also Countermarked and issued Claudius aes coinage in order to extend the supply of money in Britain after the death of Claudius.</font></p><p><font face="Times New Roman"><br /></font></p><p><font face="Times New Roman"><img src="https://jp29.org/000counter4o.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /><img src="https://jp29.org/000counter4r.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></font></p><p><i><font face="Times New Roman">BMCRE, Vol. I, CLAUDIUS, SESTERTIUS, Rome, No. 123, 41-45AD (35mm, 22.3gm)</font></i></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>NCAPR</b> in oblong incuse rectangle behind head (unknown mark on head)</font></p><p><font face="Times New Roman">Reverse depiction: Triumphal arch surmounted by equestrian statue of Nero Claudius Drusus</font></p><p><font face="Times New Roman">Inscription: <b>NERO CLAVDIVS DRVSVS GERMAN IMP</b></font></p><p><font face="Times New Roman"><br /></font></p><p><font face="Times New Roman">Enlargement of <b>NCAPR</b> countermark:</font></p><p><font face="Times New Roman"><br /></font></p><p><font face="Times New Roman"><img src="https://jp29.org/000counter4ox.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></font></p><p><font face="Times New Roman"></font>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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