Sale: Triton VIII, Lot: 1095. Estimate $2500.  Closing Date: Monday, 10 January 2005.  Sold For $2600. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

CLAUDIUS. 41-54 AD. Æ Sestertius (30.45 gm, 6h). Rome mint. TI CLAVDIVS CAESAR AVG P M TR P IMP P P, laureate head right / SPES AVGVSTA, S C in exergue, Spes advancing left, holding flower and lifting hem of skirt. RIC I 115; von Kaenel - (V471/R458; unlisted die combination); BMCRE 192; CNR XV, 692/1 (same obverse die); BN 218; Cohen 85. Near EF, mottled green and red-brown patina with traces of black, light smoothing in fields, details slightly enhanced. ($2500)