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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;jamesicus, post: 4781627, member: 14873&quot;]Here are two separate issues of sestertii by Claudius to honor his father Nero Claudius Drusus - one bearing PP (Pater Patriae) in the titulature and the other without it.</p><p><br /></p><p><i><img src="https://www.cointalk.com/attachments/c9c3e00a-c024-43c5-b244-874f66c62811-jpeg.1157208/" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></i></p><p><i>RIC Vol. I, CLAUDIUS, SESTERTIUS, Rome, No. 109, 42-43 AD (38mm, 28.0gm) BMCRE, Vol1, No. 208, Plate 36-8</i></p><p>Obverse depiction: Nero Claudius Drusus, bare head facing left</p><p>Inscription: NERO CLAVDIVS DRVSVS GERMANICVS IMP</p><p>Reverse depiction: Claudius seated left on curule chair holding olive branch, weapons and armor beneath</p><p>Inscription: TI CLAVDIVS CAESAR AVG PM TRP IMP PP - S C (exergue)</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://www.cointalk.com/attachments/5b547206-12e4-4903-af3c-88e3a59a17d4-jpeg.1157210/" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><i>BMCRE, Vol. I, CLAUDIUS, SESTERTIUS, Rome, No. 157, Plate 35-7, 41-42 AD (38mm, 28.9gm)</i></p><p><i><br /></i></p><p><i>Reverse legend ending in IMP (Claudius had not accepted PP yet).</i></p><p><i><br /></i></p><p><i>This coin has been heavily cleaned - but not by me!</i></p><p><br /></p><p>It was a real coincidence that I found that coin - one of the joys of collecting Ancient coins![/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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