164, Lot: 134. Estimate $150. Sold for $260. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Claudius. AD 41-54. Æ Sestertius (36mm, 28.98 g). Rome mint. Struck AD 50-54. Laureate head right / Spes advancing left, holding flower and raising hem of skirt. RIC I 115; BMCRE 192; Cohen 85. Fine, brown patina, light roughness, attractive portrait.