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<p>[QUOTE="Marsyas Mike, post: 3923668, member: 85693"]Great coin - yours is actually pretty heavy at 26 grams for one of these countermark issues. The DV re-values the coin to a dupondius, this being done on lightweight, usually "unofficial" sestertii of Claudius. Note that the countermark came with a notch at 3 o'clock (yours is at 2 o'clock, but I think it is the same mark). jamesicus is an expert on these (as noted above by Justin L). </p><p><br /></p><p>I have 2 of them - the top one was from jamesicus (thank James!). The bottom one is especially "barbaric" looking:</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1034361[/ATTACH]</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1034362[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Marsyas Mike, post: 3923668, member: 85693"]Great coin - yours is actually pretty heavy at 26 grams for one of these countermark issues. The DV re-values the coin to a dupondius, this being done on lightweight, usually "unofficial" sestertii of Claudius. Note that the countermark came with a notch at 3 o'clock (yours is at 2 o'clock, but I think it is the same mark). jamesicus is an expert on these (as noted above by Justin L). I have 2 of them - the top one was from jamesicus (thank James!). The bottom one is especially "barbaric" looking: [ATTACH=full]1034361[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]1034362[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]
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