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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Mat, post: 4498122, member: 21445&quot;]Here is something I thought I would never own, a denarius of Claudius I. I have/had several coins of his, from AE provincials, tetradrachms and so on, but this is my first Denarius.</p><p><br /></p><p>I scored this one on ebay pretty much by chance &amp; with little fight. I am sure the reverse is what turned most people off.</p><p><br /></p><p>This is one of the first coins minted under Claudius, so the portrait, to me, looks more like Caligula.</p><p><br /></p><p>Does anyone know if the mark is modern or maybe an ancient bankers mark? When it came it was jet black on the inside, but acetone made it how it is in the photo.</p><p><br /></p><p>The coin is real and no &quot;C&quot; for copy.</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://i.postimg.cc/jSx5G53R/clauddenarius.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p>Claudius (41 - 54 A.D.)</p><p>AR Denarius</p><p>O:&nbsp; TI•CLAVD•CAESAR•AVG•P•M•TR•P•, head of Claudius to right, wearing oak wreath.</p><p>R: CONSTANTIAE AVGVSTI, Antonia (or Tacita or Angerona) seated to left on curule chair.</p><p>Rome mint; 41-42 A.D.</p><p>3.59g</p><p>19mm</p><p>RIC 2 var. (aureus); C. 4 var. (aureus); BMCRE 1 var. (aureus); BN 19 var. (aureus); Von Kaenel 109.</p><p><br /></p><p>This coin is an extremely rare variant of one of the first types of Claudius - the type is well known in gold with this obverse legend, but although the authors of RIC (Claudius, 2, note) speculated that denarii of this type might exist, until von Kaenel&#039;s study was published there were no confirmed examples, of which it is believed only 4 examples survive, and neither the BM nor Paris has one.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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