Triton XX, Lot: 654. Estimate $10000. Sold for $8500. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Antonia Minor. Augusta, AD 37 and 41. AR Denarius (20mm, 3.70 g, 5h). Rome mint. Struck under Claudius, AD 41-42. ANTONIA AVGVSTA, draped bust right, wearing grain ear and poppy wreath / SACERDOS DIVI AVGVSTI, two long lit torches linked by pelleted ribbon. RIC I 68 (Claudius); von Kaenel Type 15, 300 (V240/R247); cf. Lyon 28/10 (aureus); RSC 5; BMCRE 114 (Claudius); cf. BN 15-17 (Claudius; aureus). EF, light hairlines, traces of underlying luster.

From the Continental Collection. Ex Gorny & Mosch 107 (2 April 2001), lot 358.