79, Lot: 131. Estimate $750. Sold for $550. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

CLAUDIUS. 41-54 AD. Æ Sestertius (34mm, 27.88 gm). Struck circa 42-54 AD. Laureate head right / Spes walking left, holding flower and hem of skirt. RIC I 115; cf. von Kaenel 471 (V386/R435); Cohen 85. VF, brown and dark green patina, some smoothing.