271, Lot: 61. Estimate $1000. Sold for $3500. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Claudius. AD 41-54. Æ Sestertius (32mm, 24.49 g, 7h). Rome mint. Struck AD 41-42. TI CLAVDIVS CAESAR AVG P M TR P IMP, laureate head right / SPES AVGVSTA, S-C across field, Spes advancing left, holding flower and lifting dress. RIC I 99; von Kaenel Type 55; Cohen 85. Good VF, hard natural green find patina, small pit and dusty overtones on obverse, scattered deposits on reverse.

Property of Princeton Economics acquired by Martin Armstrong. Ex Numismatica Ars Classica (15 (18 May 1999), lot 295.