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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;John Conduitt, post: 4845638, member: 109923&quot;]I&#039;m not sure I&#039;d even call yours troubled. I prefer coins to be a little worn, otherwise they weren&#039;t even used. Where&#039;s the history in a pristine coin? The reverse might be a little off centre but you can see it perfectly well.</p><p><br /></p><p>This one is very worn. I bought it because it&#039;s Claudius and it has a countermark PROB, which means it was to be used in Gaul or Britain (i.e. directly after the Roman invasion of Britain). It looks as if it&#039;s been sitting at the bottom of a river for 2000 years, but that&#039;s what I like about it. It&#039;s a big lump of a coin too (at least compared to my delicate London mint Roman coins), and they stamped the countermark right across Claudius&#039;s face, which apparently they weren&#039;t supposed to do.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1169841[/ATTACH]</p><p>Claudius, Sestertius, 41-50AD, Rome, 24.75g. PTI CLAVDIVS CAESAR AVG P M TR P IMP, ROB countermark. EX S C OB CIVES SERVATOS (RIC 96)[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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