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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Marsyas Mike, post: 8349216, member: 85693&quot;]There&#039;s quite a bit of information out there - a great place to find out more is from CTer [USER=44316]@Valentinian[/USER] site - <a href="http://augustuscoins.com/ed/imit/imitclaudius.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://augustuscoins.com/ed/imit/imitclaudius.html" rel="nofollow">http://augustuscoins.com/ed/imit/imitclaudius.html</a></p><p><br /></p><p>I have two Claudius sestertii with Spes.&nbsp; One was gifted me by recently departed [USER=14873]@jamesicus[/USER], a true gentleman, greatly missed.&nbsp; He knew a lot about these and posted some of his coins and wisdom here:&nbsp; <a href="https://www.cointalk.com/threads/claudian-imitative-and-irregular-coinage.325967/" class="internalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.cointalk.com/threads/claudian-imitative-and-irregular-coinage.325967/">https://www.cointalk.com/threads/claudian-imitative-and-irregular-coinage.325967/</a></p><p><br /></p><p>The other, uglier one, I got on eBay.&nbsp; They were both so light weight they were countermarked to turn them into dupondii.&nbsp; As you can see from these two specimens, style was all over the place, from fairly &quot;official&quot; to &quot;barbaric.&quot;&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1481185[/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>TI CLAVDIVS CAESAR AVG PM TR P IMP, laureate head r. / [SP]ES AVGVSTA,</p><p>pes stdg. left, holding flower &amp; raising hem, [SC in ex.]</p><p>RIC 99; Cohen 85 (imitative). </p><p><b>Countermark:</b> see reverse.</p><p>(16.74 grams / 29 mm)</p><p>Coin Talk gift Aug. 2019&nbsp; Free</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. </p><p>Note:&nbsp; gift from Coin Talk member jamesicus aka James Pickering. </p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1481186[/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><b>Countermark:</b> see reverse.</p><p>(10.66 grams / 29 mm)</p><p>eBay Aug. 2019&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; Lot @ $1.57</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</p><p>sestertii. </p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>It is a fascinating area to collect.&nbsp; A Google search with &quot;claudius imitative coin&quot; pulled up quite a few articles, FORVM, etc.&nbsp; </p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>Last fall I got what I think is an official Claudius sestertius with Spes.&nbsp; It is horribly worn, but the weight is not too far off given the wear.&nbsp; It could very well be another imitative type - but it is heavy enough it didn&#039;t get countermarked down to a dupondius.&nbsp; You can just make out the portrait, a few stray letters, and Spes&#039;s elbow - otherwise it is pretty much a smooth disc.&nbsp; Whatever it is, it got used a lot!</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1481197[/ATTACH] </p><p><b>Claudius&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; Æ Sestertius</b></p><p><b>(c. 41-50 A.D. / 50-54 A.D.)</b></p><p><b>Rome Mint</b></p><p>TI C[LAVDIVS] CAESAR AVG [P M TR P IMP (P P?)], laureate head right / [SPES AVGVSTA] [S C], Spes advancing left, holding flower in right hand and raising skirt with left</p><p>RIC 99 (no PP) or RIC 115 (PP).</p><p>(20.37 grams / 32 mm)</p><p>eBay Sep. 2021&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; Lot @ $2.20[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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