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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Marsyas Mike, post: 4689996, member: 85693&quot;]There is the &quot;DV&quot; countermark that revalued worn and imitative sestertii of Claudius to circulate at dupondii.&nbsp; An extra edge notch was added as well.</p><p><br /></p><p>I have two of these.&nbsp; The first one is a gift from that great CT guy, jamesicus.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1153256[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p><b>Claudius&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; Æ Dupondius</b></p><p><b>(c. 41-54 A.D.)</b></p><p><b>Unofficial Mint? (Sestertius)</b></p><p>TI CLAVDIVS CAESAR AVG PM TR P IMP, laureate head r. / [SP]ES AVGVSTA,</p><p>Spes stdg. left, holding flower &amp; raising hem, [SC in ex.]</p><p>RIC 99; Cohen 85 (imitative).</p><p>(16.74 grams / 29 mm)</p><p><br /></p><p><b>Countermark:</b> <i>DV</i> and edge cut at 3 o&#039;clock, obverse.</p><p>Pangerl Collection No. 58.&nbsp; This countermark signified validation as a dupondius</p><p>on lightweight or unofficial sestertii.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p><br /></p><p>Another, much cruder one:</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1153257[/ATTACH]</p><p><b>Claudius&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; Æ Dupondius</b></p><p><b>(c. 41-54 A.D.)</b></p><p><b>Unofficial Mint (Sestertius)</b></p><p>[Missing] and garbled legend, laureate head right / [SPES AVGVSTA?], Spes standing left, holding flower &amp; raising hem, [SC in exergue?]</p><p>RIC 99; Cohen 85 (imitative).</p><p>(10.66 grams / 29 mm)</p><p><br /></p><p><b>Countermark:</b> <i>DV</i> and edge cut at 3 o&#039;clock, obverse.</p><p>Pangerl Collection No. 58.</p><p>This countermark signified validation as a dupondius on lightweight or unofficial sestertii.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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