Claudius. AD 41-54. Æ Sestertius (36mm, 30.62 g, 6h). Rome mint. Struck AD 41-42. TI CLAVDIVS CAESAR AVG P M TR P IMP, laureate head right / EX S C/ O B/ CIVES/ SERVATOS in four lines within oak wreath. RIC I 96; von Kaenel Type 54; BMCRE 115-6; BN 152-61. Wonderful reddish-brown patina. EF. Exceptional and one of the finest known of this type.
Ex Triton VI (14 January 2003), lot 820; Classical Numismatic Group XXXII (7 December 1994), lot 357 and front cover coin.
