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<p>[QUOTE="jamesicus, post: 3260485, member: 14873"]<font face="Times New Roman">British imitative Claudius Spes sestertius:</font></p><p><font face="Times New Roman"><br /></font></p><p><font face="Times New Roman"><img src="http://jp29.org/000claudius4o.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /><img src="http://jp29.org/000claudius4r.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></font></p><p><i><font face="Times New Roman">Pangeri 85d, (30mm, 15.2gm)</font></i></p><p><font face="Times New Roman">Countermarked <b>DV</b> (denoting half value) on obverse.</font></p><p><font face="Times New Roman"><br /></font></p><p><font face="Times New Roman">Enlargement of <b>DV</b> countermark:</font></p><p><font face="Times New Roman"><br /></font></p><p><font face="Times New Roman"><img src="http://jp29.org/000claudius4ox.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></font></p><p><font face="Times New Roman"><br /></font></p><p><font face="Times New Roman">This is a devaluation countermark indicating this coin is re-valued as a Dupondius (half value) due to its very low weight. Note edge chisel mark on the obverse at approx. 3 o'clock which is always present on DV countermarked coins.</font></p><p><font face="Times New Roman"><br /></font></p><p><font face="Times New Roman"><b>And with this posting</b></font><b><font face="Times New Roman"> I have now completed the depictions of my Julio-Claudian sestertius collection as it exists now at the end of the year 2018. I am now ready to start off 2019 with a few more sestertius additions.</font></b>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="jamesicus, post: 3260485, member: 14873"][FONT=Times New Roman]British imitative Claudius Spes sestertius: [IMG]http://jp29.org/000claudius4o.jpg[/IMG][IMG]http://jp29.org/000claudius4r.jpg[/IMG][/FONT] [I][FONT=Times New Roman]Pangeri 85d, (30mm, 15.2gm)[/FONT][/I] [FONT=Times New Roman]Countermarked [B]DV[/B] (denoting half value) on obverse. Enlargement of [B]DV[/B] countermark: [IMG]http://jp29.org/000claudius4ox.jpg[/IMG] This is a devaluation countermark indicating this coin is re-valued as a Dupondius (half value) due to its very low weight. Note edge chisel mark on the obverse at approx. 3 o'clock which is always present on DV countermarked coins. [B]And with this posting[/B][/FONT][B][FONT=Times New Roman] I have now completed the depictions of my Julio-Claudian sestertius collection as it exists now at the end of the year 2018. I am now ready to start off 2019 with a few more sestertius additions.[/FONT][/B][/QUOTE]
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