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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;IdesOfMarch01, post: 4941963, member: 39084&quot;]This particular type is, from a historical viewpoint, my favorite 12 Caesars aureus and your example is stellar.&nbsp; A notable oversight in not being included in Berk&#039;s excellent <i>100 Greatest Ancient Coins</i>.</p><p><br /></p><p>Every time I view this coin I&#039;m reminded of the line from <i>I Claudius</i>:</p><p><br /></p><p>&quot;As for being half-witted: well, what can I say, except that I have survived to middle age with half my wits, while thousands have died with all of theirs intact. Evidently, quality of wits is more important than quantity.&quot;</p><p><br /></p><p>Kudos for being able to track your coin&#039;s pedigree so far back.&nbsp; Would you provide some tips for the collectors here on how you traced its provenance?</p><p><br /></p><p>And for the sake of completeness, my own example of this type:</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1188000[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>CLAUDIUS&nbsp; 10 B.C. - 54 A.D.</p><p>AV Aureus (7.79 g.)&nbsp; Rome 44 - 45 A.D.&nbsp; RIC 25</p><p>Obv. TI CLAVD CAESAR AVG P M TR P IIII laureate head r.&nbsp; Rev. Battlemented wall IMPER RECEPT enclosing praetorian camp, Fides Praetorianorum left.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>Ex. Metropolitan Museum of Art Collection (Sotheby&#039;s, 10 November 1972, lot 35).&nbsp; Lustrous.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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