87, Lot: 35. Estimate $200. Sold for $250. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

CLAUDIUS. 41-54 AD. Æ Sestertius (34mm, 29.05 gm). Rome mint. Struck circa 42-54 AD. Laureate head right / Spes advancing left, holding flower and raising hem of skirt. RIC I 115; Cohen 85. Nice Fine, brown and orichalcum surfaces, minor roughness. 

From the Lakeview Collection.