106, Lot: 230. Estimate $200. Sold for $491. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

CLAUDIUS. 41-54 AD. Æ Sestertius (35mm, 28.30 gm). Rome mint. Struck circa 42-54 AD. Laureate head right / EX S C / P P / OB CIVES / SERVATOS in four lines across field; all within oak-wreath. RIC I 112; BMCRE 185; Cohen 38. Near VF, reddish-brown patina, flan crack, surfaces a little rough.

From the Garth R. Drewry Collection; Ex Coin Galleries (19 November 1973), lot 456.