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<p>[QUOTE="jamesicus, post: 3722474, member: 14873"]<font face="Times New Roman">IMITATIVE CLAUDIUS SPES SESTERTIUS WITH DEVALUATION COUNTERMARK</font></p><p><font face="Times New Roman"><br /></font></p><p><font face="Times New Roman">Large quantities of imitative Roman aes coins - some of poor quality but also some of reasonably good quality - were produced in Britain during this period using spurious dies.</font></p><p><font face="Times New Roman"><br /></font></p><p><font face="Times New Roman">In order to help relieve pervasive coin shortages, quantities of reasonably well made imitative coins were occasionally accepted by Roman officials for circulation.</font></p><p><font face="Times New Roman"><br /></font></p><p><font face="Times New Roman">Many coins were countermarked to indicate their official status and in some instances to denote re-valuation of coinage denomination.</font></p><p><font face="Times New Roman"><br /></font></p><p><font face="Times New Roman"><img src="https://jp29.org/000claudius4o.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /><img src="https://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="https://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 re-valued as a Dupondius (half value) due to its very low weight. Note edge chisel mark on the obverse at approx. 3 o'clock which is always present on DV countermarked coins.</font>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="jamesicus, post: 3722474, member: 14873"][FONT=Times New Roman]IMITATIVE CLAUDIUS SPES SESTERTIUS WITH DEVALUATION COUNTERMARK Large quantities of imitative Roman aes coins - some of poor quality but also some of reasonably good quality - were produced in Britain during this period using spurious dies. In order to help relieve pervasive coin shortages, quantities of reasonably well made imitative coins were occasionally accepted by Roman officials for circulation. Many coins were countermarked to indicate their official status and in some instances to denote re-valuation of coinage denomination. [IMG]https://jp29.org/000claudius4o.jpg[/IMG][IMG]https://jp29.org/000claudius4r.jpg[/IMG] [I]Pangeri 85d, (30mm, 15.2gm)[/I] Countermarked [B]DV[/B] (denoting half value) on obverse. Enlargement of [B]DV[/B] countermark: [IMG]https://jp29.org/000claudius4ox.jpg[/IMG] This is a devaluation countermark indicating this coin is re-valued as a Dupondius (half value) due to its very low weight. Note edge chisel mark on the obverse at approx. 3 o'clock which is always present on DV countermarked coins.[/FONT][/QUOTE]
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