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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Julius Germanicus, post: 8349535, member: 80783&quot;]Here is my provincial Sestertius of Claudius with a different reverse type, but style-wise as good as they get:</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1481274[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>TI CLAVDIVS CAESAR AVG P M TR P IMP - Laureate head of Claudius right, traces of oblong countermark PROB in front of emperor’s neck /</p><p>EX S C / OB / CIVES / SERVATOS infour lines within oak-wreath</p><p>Sestertius, Gaul (?), ca. AD 43</p><p>34,75 mm / 23,49 gr</p><p>RIC 96, note; BMCRE 120; CBN 155 and pl. XXV; cf. Cohen 39</p><p><br /></p><p>Remarks by David Sear:</p><p><i>&quot;There seems little doubt that it belongs to a large class of imitative coinage possibly struck in Gaul with government sanction in order to provide additional currency during the military build-up prior to the invasion of Britain in AD 43. Some other examples of ‘irregular’ coins of Claudius are very crudely made and may well have been produced in Britain itself following the Claudian invasion in an attempt to make good the shortage of currency in the newly conquered province. Although it is only faintly discernible, this specimen seems to have a weakly applied countermark placed before the emperor’s neck on obverse. This may read “PROB” which would indicate that the coin had been approved (probatus) to remain in circulation despite its irregular appearance. This and other countermarks are well known on base metal coins of this period, their purpose being to reauthorize the currency of coins that might otherwise have been deemed unsuitable for circulation due to excessive wear or their unofficial origin&quot;. </i>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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