Unusual Countermark

378, Lot: 453. Estimate $100. Sold for $130. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Claudius. AD 41-54. Æ Dupondius (30mm, 13.13 g, 12h). Rome mint. Struck AD 42-43. Bare head left; c/m: capricorn right above monogram, all within incuse square / Ceres seated left on ornamental throne, holding two stalks of grain and long torch. For coin: RIC I 110; von Kaenel Type 73. For c/m: Howgego –; Pangerl –. Near VF, rough green and brown patina. Interesting countermark.