423, Lot: 354. Estimate $100. Sold for $320. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Claudius. AD 41-54. Æ As (31.1mm, 14.67 g, 6h). Contemporary imitation of Rome mint issue. Uncertain mint. Struck after AD 41. Laureate head right / Spes advancing left, holding up flower and raising hem of skirt. For prototype, cf. RIC I 99 and 115. VF, green and brown surfaces, flan a little irregular.

From the WRG Collection.