RIC VII, TRIER [before 200], CLAUDIUS GOTHICUS, UNLISTED REVERSE LEGEND

OBVERSE	DIVOCLAVDIOOPTIMOIMP [DIVO CLAVDIO OPTIMO IMP]; head r., veiled and laur.
REVERSE	REQVIESOPTIMO-RVMMERITORVM [REQVIES OPTIMORVM MERITORVM]; Emperor std. l. on curule chair, raising r. hand, holding sceptre. PTR in exergue.
NOT IN RIC	UNLISTED REVERSE LEGEND. Not attested for this issue (p. 180). RIC lists only shorter legends ended with ...MERITOR (cf. TRIER 203; Wien RÖ 82933, 1.56 g, 16 mm) or ...MER. Listed in Zschucke BTP (p. 73, no. 13.1). Should be listed in RIC before TRIER 200.

NOTES

Half-follis. Weight 1.22 g; diameter 17 mm. From the Münzkabinett of the Staatliche Museen zu Berlin Collection (reg. no. 18246927). Shown in Zschucke BTP (p. 77, no. 13.1). Other specimens: - from the Münzkabinett of the Staatliche Museen zu Berlin Collection (reg. no. 18246936); weight 1.68 g; diameter 17 mm; rev. legend break M-O [click for picture].