180, Lot: 159. Estimate $300. Sold for $770. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Claudius. AD 41-54. AV Aureus (18mm, 7.45 g). Rome mint. Struck AD 49-50. Laureate head right / S P Q R/P P/OB C S, in three lines within oak-wreath. RIC I 48; Calicó 381; BMCRE 54. Near Fine, obverse test cut, wavy flan, reddish toning.