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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Alegandron, post: 4498249, member: 51347&quot;]AWESOME catch, [USER=21445]@Mat[/USER] !&nbsp; No clue as to the mark.&nbsp; It does NOT look like a &quot;C&quot; to me, rather an incomplete circle mark.&nbsp; Now, as you are trying to discover, WHAT is that mark?</p><p><br /></p><p>Musings:&nbsp; I wonder if the coin was stored with a round open end item, that over time may had been dropped onto it, and had stayed in place... causing the &quot;stain&quot; of metal that creeped onto your coin.&nbsp; (Coin in bag or jar, maybe with other coins, tube-like item in bag.&nbsp; Bag/Jar drops onto floor, marking coin, and still abutted against coin for centuries.)</p><p><br /></p><p>NO Claudius Denarii in my collection.&nbsp; Here is one:</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1115599[/ATTACH]</p><p>Judaea Claudius w-Britannicus CE 41-54 Æ Prutah 17mm 2.8g Antonius Felix-procurator Dated RY 14 54 CE 2-crossed shields spears - Palm tree BPIT K AI L IΔ date Hendin 1348</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Oh, and one of my dogs is Claudius</p><p>(he was the RUNT of the litter, and was named by my Wife, who has NO CLUE of Ancient History!)</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1115600[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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