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).
