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GENIVS EXERCI RIC V/1 48
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Ant, 21mm, 2.49g.
Obverse: IMP C CLAVDIVS AVG, radiate head R.
Reverse: GENIUS EXERCI, Genius standing L holding cornucopia and patera. Z in R field.
Rome mint.
RIC 48, Common.
A rather grotesque portrait, with an interesting flan flaw. A large crack goes right through the flan, running almost parallel to the faces. It takes seriously cruddy metal to produce something like that. The reverse is struck from a worn die.
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