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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;jamesicus, post: 3227690, member: 14873&quot;]<font face="Times New Roman">Many imitative Britannic Roman coins were not only crudely rendered using unofficial locally made dies, they were also frequently considerably underweight. These coins were often accepted for general use by Roman officials in Britain in order to relieve pervasive coin shortages - but they were marked as devalued coinage.</font></p><p><b><font face="Times New Roman"><br /></font></b></p><p><b><font face="Times New Roman">TYPICAL IMITATIVE CLAUDIUS SPES SESTERTIUS WITH DEVALUATION COUNTERMARK</font></b></p><p><font face="Times New Roman"><br /></font></p><p><font face="Times New Roman"><img src="http://jp29.org/000claudius4o.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /><img src="http://jp29.org/000claudius4r.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></font></p><p><font face="Times New Roman"><i>Pangeri 85d, (30mm, 15.2gm)</i></font></p><p><font face="Times New Roman">Countermarked <b>DV</b> (denoting half value) on obverse.</font></p><p><font face="Times New Roman"><br /></font></p><p><font face="Times New Roman">Enlargement of <b>DV</b> countermark:</font></p><p><font face="Times New Roman"><br /></font></p><p><font face="Times New Roman"><img src="http://jp29.org/000claudius4ox.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></font></p><p><font face="Times New Roman"><br /></font></p><p><font face="Times New Roman">This is a devaluation countermark indicating this coin is revalued as a Dupondius (half value) due to its low weight. The same convention was used for underweight dupondii to denote revaluation as As (half value). Note edge chisel mark on the obverse at approx. 3 o&#039;clock which is always present on DV countermarked coins.</font></p><p><font face="Times New Roman"><br /></font></p><p><b><font face="Times New Roman">TYPICAL IMITATIVE CLAUDIUS SPES SESTERTIUS WITH DEVALUATION COUNTERMARK</font></b></p><p><font face="Times New Roman"><br /></font></p><p><font face="Times New Roman"><img src="http://jp29.org/000claudius5o.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /><img src="http://jp29.org/000claudius5r.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></font></p><p><font face="Times New Roman"><i>Pangeri 85d, (29mm, 14.6gm)</i></font></p><p><font face="Times New Roman">Countermarked <b>DV</b> (denoting half value) on obverse</font></p><p><font face="Times New Roman"><br /></font></p><p><font face="Times New Roman">Enlargement of <b>DV</b> countermark:</font></p><p><font face="Times New Roman"><br /></font></p><p><font face="Times New Roman"><img src="http://jp29.org/000claudius5ox.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></font></p><p><font face="Times New Roman"></font>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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