CNG 88, Lot: 1227. Estimate $500. Sold for $650. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Claudius. AD 41-54. Æ As (30mm, 10.97 g, 6h). Rome mint. Struck AD 42-43. Bare head left / Constantia standing left, raising hand and holding spear. RIC I 111; von Kaenel Type 76. Good VF, dark brown patina, an area of wax filling on neck. Excellent portraiture and detail.

Ex Alain Lagrange Collection (Classical Numismatic Group 76, 12 September 2007), lot 1394; Numismatica Ars Classica E (4 April 1995), lot 2843.