CNG 87, Lot: 966. Estimate $10000. Sold for $6000. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Britannicus. AD 41-55. Æ Sestertius (35mm, 27.03 g, 6h). Uncertain Balkan/Thracian mint. Struck under Claudius, circa AD 50-54. Bareheaded and draped bust left / Mars, barefoot, but wearing full military outfit, including sagum (cape), advancing left, holding spear and round shield. RIC I p. 130, note; von Kaenel, Thrakien, Type B, 5 (same dies). Near VF, green patina, patina retouched around chin of portrait, some light smoothing. Very rare.