Sale: Triton XII, Lot: 554. Estimate $750.  Closing Date: Monday, 5 January 2009.  Sold For $850. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Claudius. AD 41-54. Æ As (13.44 g, 7h). Rome mint. Struck AD 42-43. TI CLAVDIVS • CAESAR • AVG P • M TR • P • IMP • P • P, bare head left / S C across field, Minerva, helmeted and draped, advancing right, brandishing spear in right hand, holding round shield in left. RIC I 116; von Kaenel type 75 (unlisted dies); BMCRE 206-7; BN 233-5; Cohen 84. Near EF, dark green-brown, almost black, patina, a little rough. Excellent portrait.

From the White Mountain Collection.