Description: Syria, Antioch, Claudius (41 - 54 AD). Laureate head right; countermarks: 1. Minerva standing right 2. head of emperor right 3. Tyche or Victory standing left / SC within wreath.

Diameter: AE26 mm

Weight: 12,12 g

Grade: F (c/m: VF)/-

Attribution: RPC I 4279, c/m: 1.Howgego 245 2.Howgego 32 (?) 3. ?

Commentary: clear countermarks, dark brown patina

History: Countermarks were the way to assign new denomination to the coin, to legalize the circulation of external coinage in the local area or to validate the worn coins.

Article Number: 050-07-03-41652