Sale: Triton XII, Lot: 551. Estimate $3000.  Closing Date: Monday, 5 January 2009.  Sold For $3500. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Claudius. AD 41-54. AR Denarius (3.65 g, 4h). Lugdunum (Lyon) mint. Struck AD 41-42. TI CLAVD • CAESAR • AVG • GERM • P • M • TR • P, laureate head right / EX • S • C/OB CIVES/SERVATOS in three lines within oak wreath. RIC I 16; von Kaenel type 8 (unlisted dies); Lyon 17 (unlisted dies); RSC 35; BMCRE 18-9; BN 33. EF, darkly toned, traces of deposits, areas of minor porosity. Attractive early portrait.

From a Gentleman’s Collection.