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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Roman Collector, post: 3178860, member: 75937&quot;]I&#039;m in an antiquarian mood tonight and shall use the nomenclature of early numismatic works. <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie98" alt=":wacky:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>This type is rather common and only the anepigraphic reverse type with Minerva advancing right, holding shield and spear, is more frequently encountered. It is found with two different obverse legends, the earlier TI CLAVDIVS CAESAR AVG P M TR P IMP, and the later, more commonly encountered, TI CLAVDIVS CAESAR AVG P M TR P IMP P P. So this coin is no big rarity. Nonetheless, I like it and rephotographed it today in natural sunlight.</p><p><br /></p><p>Let&#039;s see your coins of Claudius or anything else you deem relevant!</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]818772[/ATTACH] </p><p>Claudius, AD 41-54.</p><p>Second brass, 167.6 gr, 1.1 in.*</p><p>Head of emp. to l. TI CLAVDIVS CAESAR AVG P M TR P IMP P P ЭЄ LIBERTAS AVGVSTA. Liberty standing to r.; with SC at the sides.**</p><p><br /></p><p>~~~</p><p><br /></p><p>*For those who desire modern information, such as denomination, mint, date, metric units and references: Roman Æ as, Rome AD 42, 10.86 g, 28.3 mm, 7 h. Refs: RIC 113; BMCRE 202-5; Cohen 47; CBN 230-2; RCV 1860.</p><p><br /></p><p>** This description of the coin, including the strange symbol ЭЄ denoting the shift from the obverse to reverse description is taken verbatim from Edwards, Jonathan. <i>Catalog of the Greek and Roman Coins in the Numismatic Collection of Yale College</i>. Tuttle, Morehouse &amp; Taylor, 1880, p. 87.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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