119, Lot: 207. Estimate $300. Sold for $180. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

CLAUDIUS. 41-54 AD. Æ Sestertius (33mm, 17.15 g). Local imitiation. Laureate head left / Spes advancing left, holding flower and hem of skirt. Cf. RIC I 99. VF, brown patina.

From the Tony Hardy Collection.