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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;zumbly, post: 2239033, member: 57495&quot;]I knew there was a thread around here somewhere for me to stick this... <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie1" alt=":)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />.</p><p><br /></p><p>It has a big hole in it, but it is not disproportionate to the coin, a sestertius of Claudius.&nbsp; Beyond the hole, the coin is also in indisputable junk grade, but I still like it a lot... it&#039;s a monstro-sized 35mm chunk of 1st century orichalcum goodness with an excellent portrait of Claudius.&nbsp; Pity about the condition of the reverse, which could have better shown the debut of Spes (everyone&#039;s favorite skirt-hitching, flower-bearing goddess of hope) on coinage of the Empire.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]441366[/ATTACH]</p><p><b>CLAUDIUS</b></p><p>Orichalcum Sestertius</p><p>26.2g, 35.4mm</p><p>Rome mint, AD 50-54</p><p>RIC 115</p><p>O: TI CLAVDIVS CAESAR AVG P M TR P IMP P P, laureate head right. </p><p>R: SPES AVGVSTA, Spes, draped, advancing left, holding flower in right hand and raising skirt with left; S C below.</p><p><br /></p><p>I know this thread is old, but anyone else have a new holed coin to show?[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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