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Claudius (41-54).. AE Sestertius, Rome mint, 41-50

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Lotto n. 736
Claudius (41-54). AE Sestertius, Rome mint, 41-50. Obv. TI CLAVDIVS CAESAR AVG P M T R P IMP. Laureate head right. Rev. SPES AVGVSTA SC. Spes advancing left, holding flower and raising skirt. c/m NCAPR within rectangular incuse. RIC I (2nd ed.) 99. AE. 27.23 g. 36 mm. Green patina with cuprite spots. VF/About VF. The counterstamp has been said to mean N(ummus) C(aesare) A(ugusto) PR(obatus) and to be of Flavian date, or to have been applied by the successor of Claudius and to mean N(ero) C(aesar) A(ugustus) PR(obavit). Another proposed solution reads N(eronis) C(aesaris) A(ugusti) P(opulique) R(omani).