Sale: CNG 75, Lot: 993. Estimate $2000.  Closing Date: Wednesday, 23 May 2007.  Sold For $2200. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Claudius. AD 41-54. Æ Sestertius (30.08 g, 6h). Rome mint. Laureate head right / Spes advancing left, holding flower and lifting hem of skirt. RIC I 115; von Kaenel Type 70; Banti 691 (same dies). Good VF, mottled dark green and red patina. Bold portrait.