Julio-Claudian As Contemporary Copy

Thought you might like to see this one I found a while back,fully recorded and has been designated: For inclusion in British Numismatic Journal 'Coin Register.

Cast copper alloy as of uncertain Julio-Claudian emperor, rather stylized with obverse bare head right and reverse of a male figure, apparently wearing a radiate crown, advancing left with left arm merging into elaborate drapery and holding a small object in his right hand, diameter 25mm, weight 6.10g, no legends at all, probably c.AD43-70

This is presumably a strange cast version of the so-called 'Claudian copies'. These were usually struck but this example with its uneven surfaces, rather woolly detail and crumbling edges (a feature of many large cast coins due to a high proportion of tin in the mix) is cast. The reverse figure is strange but is clearly derived from a SPES AVGVSTA as of Claudius cf. RIC I rev. ed. p. 128, no. 99. The build of the figure on the copy suggests a male rather than a female.