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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;jamesicus, post: 3324006, member: 14873&quot;]<font face="Times New Roman"></font></p><p><font face="Times New Roman">And finally the Britannic associated countermarked coins I decided to keep:</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">Imitative Claudian Spes sestertius</font></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"><br /></font></p><p><font face="Times New Roman"><img src="http://jp29.org/000counter1o.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /><img src="http://jp29.org/000counter1r.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></font></p><p><i><font face="Times New Roman">BMCRE, Vol. I, CLAUDIUS, SESTERTIUS, Rome, No. 120, 41-45AD (38mm, 29.2gm)</font></i></p><p><font face="Times New Roman">Obverse depiction: Claudius, laureate head facing right</font></p><p><font face="Times New Roman">Inscription: <b>TI CLAVDIVS CAESAR AVG PM TRP IMP</b></font></p><p><font face="Times New Roman">Countermarked PROB (Probatum = approved) struck from locally made unofficial dies.</font></p><p><font face="Times New Roman"><br /></font></p><p><font face="Times New Roman"><br /></font></p><p><font face="Times New Roman"><img src="http://jp29.org/000counter3o.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /><img src="http://jp29.org/000counter3r.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></font></p><p><font face="Times New Roman">Agrippa Obverse &amp; Neptune reverse As</font></p><p><font face="Times New Roman">BMCRE, Vol I, Tiberius, No. 168 (RIC, Vol I, No. 58)</font></p><p><font face="Times New Roman">Plate 26</font></p><p><font face="Times New Roman">Reverse: Claudius TIAV Countermark (A and V ligatured) in oblong incuse over head of Neptune</font></p><p><font face="Times New Roman"><br /></font></p><p><font face="Times New Roman"><br /></font></p><p><font face="Times New Roman"><img src="http://jp29.org/000counter4o.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /><img src="http://jp29.org/000counter4r.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></font></p><p><i><font face="Times New Roman">BMCRE, Vol. I, CLAUDIUS, SESTERTIUS, Rome, No. 123, 41-45AD (35mm, 22.3gm)</font></i></p><p><font face="Times New Roman">Obverse depiction: Claudius, laureate head facing right</font></p><p><font face="Times New Roman">Inscription: <b>TI CLAVDIVS CAESAR AVG PM TRP IMP</b></font></p><p><font face="Times New Roman">Countermarked <b>NCAPR</b> in oblong incuse rectangle behind head (unknown mark on head)</font></p><p><font face="Times New Roman">Reverse depiction: Triumphal arch surmounted by equestrian statue of Nero Claudius Drusus</font></p><p><font face="Times New Roman">Inscription: <b>NERO CLAVDIVS DRVSVS GERMAN IMP</b></font></p><p><font face="Times New Roman"><br /></font></p><p><font face="Times New Roman"><b>……………</b></font></p><p><font face="Times New Roman"><br /></font></p><p><font face="Times New Roman"><b>Plus a couple more makes the twenty coins that should</b></font><b><font face="Times New Roman"> keep me occupied and content for the rest of my days:</font></b></p><p><font face="Times New Roman"><br /></font></p><p><font face="Times New Roman"><b><img src="http://jp29.org/000trajano.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /><img src="http://jp29.org/000trajanr.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></b></font></p><p><font face="Times New Roman"><i>RIC Vol. II, TRAJAN, SESTERTIUS, Rome, No. 534, 98-117AD,</i> (35mm, 22.6gm)</font></p><p><font face="Times New Roman">Obverse depiction: Trajan, head facing right, wearing aegis</font></p><p><font face="Times New Roman">Inscription: IMP CAES NERVAE TRIANO AVG GER DAC PM TRP COS V PP</font></p><p><font face="Times New Roman">Reverse depiction: Trajan galloping on horseback spearing a fallen Dacian soldier</font></p><p><font face="Times New Roman">Inscription: SPQR OPTIMO PRINCIPI - in exergue S C</font></p><p><font face="Times New Roman"><br /></font></p><p><font face="Times New Roman"><img src="http://jp29.org/000claudas600.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></font></p><p><font face="Times New Roman"><b>RIC Vol I, CLAUDIUS, As, Rome, No. 113</b> (AD 50)</font></p><p><font face="Times New Roman">Obverse: Claudius, bare headed facing left</font></p><p><font face="Times New Roman">Inscription clockwise from bottom: <b>TI CLAVDIVS CAESAR AVG P M TR P IMP P P</b></font></p><p><font face="Times New Roman">Reverse: Personification of Liberty, standing, facing right</font></p><p><font face="Times New Roman">Inscription clockwise from bottom: <b>LIBERTAS AVGVSTA | S -------- C</b> (left and right)</font></p><p><br /></p><p><font face="Times New Roman"><br /></font></p><p><font face="Times New Roman"></font>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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