Two DE BRITANN Denarii

Sale: CNG 78, Lot: 1725. Estimate $750.  Closing Date: Wednesday, 14 May 2008.  Sold For $1660. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Claudius. AD 41-54. AR Denarius (3.28 g, 7h). Rome mint. Struck AD 49-50. Laureate head right / DE BRITANN on architrave of triumphal arch surmounted by equestrian statue left between two trophies. RIC I 45; von Kaenel Type 31; RSC 19. VF, toned, porous.

From the Ross Schraeder Collection. Ex Classical Numismatic Group 41 (19 March 1997), lot 1771.