384, Lot: 551. Estimate $150. Sold for $95. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Claudius. AD 41-54. Æ Sestertius (31.5mm, 18.67 g, 6h). Contemporary imitation of Rome mint issue. Laureate head right / Spes advancing left, holding up flower and raising hem of skirt. For prototype, cf. RIC I 99 and 115. Fine, green and brown patina.

From the estate of Thomas Bentley Cederlind.