172, Lot: 175. Estimate $500. Sold for $850. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Claudius. AD 41-54. AR Denarius (18mm, 3.63 g). Lugdunum (Lyon) mint. Struck AD 50-51. Laureate head right / S P Q R / P P / OB C S, legend in three lines within oak wreath. RIC I 54; BMCRE 66; RSC 93. VF, lightly toned, scuff behind head.

From The John A. Seeger Collection.