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claudius (A.D. 41-54)
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R6016 - Claudius (A.D. 41-54), Bronze Quadrans, 2.53g., Rome mint, A.D. 41, a hand holding scales, PNR below, AVG TI CLAVDIVS CAESAR, rev., PON M TR P IMP COS DES IT around S C (RCV 1864; RIC 84), chocolate brown patina, very fine. $95 SOLD

The abbreviation PNR used in connection with a set of coin scales most likely refers to the reform of the coinage, suggestions are pondus numorum restitutum (the weight of the coinage restored) and ponderum norma restituta (the standard of the weights restored).

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R1188 - Claudius (A.D. 41-54), Copper As, 12.30g., Rome mint, A.D. 41-42, a bare head of Claudius left, TI CLAVDIVS CAESAR AVG [P M TR P IMP (PP)}, rev., Constantia, helmeted standing left, right hand raised, holding sceptre in left, dividing S C (RCV 1857 or 1858; RIC 95 or 111), crude imitative style, very fine. $145 SOLD