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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Al Kowsky, post: 3406642, member: 97383&quot;]Carl, There were many ancient bronze fakes made during the reign of emperor Claudius, mostly out of necessity for the provinces. See attached link. Many of the fakes were counterstamped, but devalued, &amp; kept in circulation because of shortages of token coinage. There was plenty of silver &amp; gold coinage that wasn&#039;t used in daily transactions among the common people. Most of these fakes were die struck but some were also cast. Aside from weighing the coins I&#039;m sure they had methods for testing metal content (leaded bronze). That might explain the gash on the reverse. You&#039;re probably correct about the mark on the obverse <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie2" alt=";)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />.</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://augustuscoins.com/ed/imit/imitclaudius.html#SPES" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://augustuscoins.com/ed/imit/imitclaudius.html#SPES" rel="nofollow">http://augustuscoins.com/ed/imit/imitclaudius.html#SPES</a>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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