257, Lot: 357. Estimate $300. Sold for $340. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Claudius. AD 41-54. Æ As (29mm, 10.40 g, 6h). Rome mint. Laureate head left / Minerva standing right, holding shield and brandishing javelin. RIC I 116. Good VF, dark olive-brown patina, corrosion on reverse. Exceptional portrait.

From the Sierra Collection.