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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;dougsmit, post: 3141495, member: 19463&quot;]<a href="http://www.ric.mom.fr/en/search/advanced" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.ric.mom.fr/en/search/advanced" rel="nofollow">http://www.ric.mom.fr/en/search/advanced</a></p><p>The best we have for Claudius (actually Aurelian through Tacitus) is the above database.&nbsp; Their search features take a bit of getting used to and have no forgiveness for misspellings so ID of poor condition coins can be a problem. On the other hand, you can look at a thousand coins and might be lucky to find a match.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>Attitude problem:&nbsp; There are a thousand specialties in ancient coins and most of us that call ourselves general collectors only play in a couple hundred of them.&nbsp; TIF says she is not an expert.&nbsp; I agree but she does know ten times what most of the people here do so we all value her inexpertise.&nbsp; We do have some real experts lurking in the wings here but mot of them are expert IN one or two areas - maybe a hundred areas - but can not help with minor details of the other fields.&nbsp; When we have no answer, we are not being difficult.&nbsp; I will say one thing:&nbsp; When someone tells you he is an expert, 98% of the time he does not understand the word being used. </p><p><br /></p><p>My interest in coins of Claudius and a hundred other rulers does not go deeply enough to care if a bust is cuirassed or if it is a bust rather than a head.&nbsp; I have my specialties in which I have an opinion but there are cases where little details can consume specialists beyond my understanding.&nbsp; Lately we have been asked a lot for suggestions on books.&nbsp; I wish I could help but I have not seen 99% of the things written on coins in the last 200 years and have not bought many coin books (maybe 20) in the last 20 years.&nbsp; The Internet has been helpful to me.&nbsp; Those of you who know more about books should post more reviews telling us why and how they might help us.&nbsp; All I care to know on Claudius II is on the site linked.&nbsp; IMO, We are lucky to have that resource. </p><p><a href="http://www.ric.mom.fr/en/search/advanced" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.ric.mom.fr/en/search/advanced" rel="nofollow">http://www.ric.mom.fr/en/search/advanced</a>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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