Sale: CNG 78, Lot: 1255. Estimate $150.  Closing Date: Wednesday, 14 May 2008.  Sold For $260. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

CRETE, Cnossus. Claudius, with Messalina. AD 41-54. Æ 20mm (4.48 g, 6h). Capito and Cytherus, duoviri. Bare head of Claudius left / Draped bust of Messalina right. RPC 1002; Svoronos, Numismatique 212. Fine, olive and brown patina with traces of red and green, smoothed.

From the Patrick Villemur Collection.