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<p>[QUOTE="jamesicus, post: 4723481, member: 14873"]It wasn’t only Julio-Claudian Sestertii that featured really excellent lettering, the asses and dupondii of Caligula, Claudius and Nero also featured some really elegant lettering:</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1157261[/ATTACH]</p><p>RIC Vol I, Claudius, As, Rome, No. 106</p><p><br /></p><p>Obverse depiction: Germanicus, bare headed facing right</p><p>Inscription clockwise from bottom: GERMANICVS CAESAR TI AVG F DIVI AVG N</p><p><br /></p><p>Reverse depiction: large S. C.</p><p>Inscription clockwise from top: TI CLAVDIVS CAESAR AVG GERM P M TR P IMP PP</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1157259[/ATTACH]</p><p><i>BMCRE Vol I, CLAUDIUS, As, Rome, No. 206 (Pl. 36.6)</i></p><p><i>RIC Vol I, CLAUDIUS, As, Rome, No. 113</i></p><p><br /></p><p>Obverse depiction: Claudius, bare headed facing left</p><p>Inscription clockwise from bottom: TI CLAVDIVS CAESAR AVG P M TRP IMP P P</p><p><br /></p><p>Reverse depiction: Personification of Liberty, standing right, holding Pileus (Freedman’s cap) in right hand</p><p>Inscription clockwise from bottom: LIBERTAS AVGVSTA | S -------- C (left and right)</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1157260[/ATTACH]</p><p>RIC Vol. I, NERO, As, Lugdunum, No. 543</p><p><br /></p><p>Obverse depiction: Nero, bare headed, facing right</p><p>Inscription clockwise from bottom: IMP NERO CAESAR AVG PMAX TRP P P</p><p><br /></p><p>Reverse depiction: winged Victory, advancing left, holding shield inscribed SPQR</p><p>Inscription: S -------- C (left and right)[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="jamesicus, post: 4723481, member: 14873"]It wasn’t only Julio-Claudian Sestertii that featured really excellent lettering, the asses and dupondii of Caligula, Claudius and Nero also featured some really elegant lettering: [ATTACH=full]1157261[/ATTACH] RIC Vol I, Claudius, As, Rome, No. 106 Obverse depiction: Germanicus, bare headed facing right Inscription clockwise from bottom: GERMANICVS CAESAR TI AVG F DIVI AVG N Reverse depiction: large S. C. Inscription clockwise from top: TI CLAVDIVS CAESAR AVG GERM P M TR P IMP PP [ATTACH=full]1157259[/ATTACH] [I]BMCRE Vol I, CLAUDIUS, As, Rome, No. 206 (Pl. 36.6) RIC Vol I, CLAUDIUS, As, Rome, No. 113[/I] Obverse depiction: Claudius, bare headed facing left Inscription clockwise from bottom: TI CLAVDIVS CAESAR AVG P M TRP IMP P P Reverse depiction: Personification of Liberty, standing right, holding Pileus (Freedman’s cap) in right hand Inscription clockwise from bottom: LIBERTAS AVGVSTA | S -------- C (left and right) [ATTACH=full]1157260[/ATTACH] RIC Vol. I, NERO, As, Lugdunum, No. 543 Obverse depiction: Nero, bare headed, facing right Inscription clockwise from bottom: IMP NERO CAESAR AVG PMAX TRP P P Reverse depiction: winged Victory, advancing left, holding shield inscribed SPQR Inscription: S -------- C (left and right)[/QUOTE]
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