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Home > Catalog > |Roman Coins| > |The Twelve Caesars| > |Claudius| > RB51656 Claudius, 25 January 41 - 13 October 54 A.D.  PNR may stand for pondus nummi restitutum (the weight of the coinage restored) or ponderum norma restituta (the standard of weights restored). This interesting obverse likely commemorates a weight improvement for certain denominations.RB51656. Copper quadrans, RIC I 85, BMCRE I 174, BnF I 181, Hunter I 74, Cohen I 71, SRCV I 1864, gVF, Rome mint, weight 3.356g, maximum diameter 16.6mm, die axis 180o, 41 A.D.; obverse TI CLAVDIVS CAESAR AVG, hand holding scales, PNR between the pans; reverse PON M TR P IMP COS DES IT (high priest, holder of Tribunitian power, imperator, designated for consul for the 2nd time), legend around large S C; SOLD  |