CNG 88, Lot: 1230. Estimate $4000. Sold for $5500. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Claudius. AD 41-54. AV Aureus (18mm, 7.70 g, 5h). Rome mint. Struck AD 44-45. TI CLAVD • CAESAR • AVG • P • M • TR • P • IIII, laureate head right / PACI AV[GVSTAE], Pax-Nemesis advancing right, holding out fold of drapery below chin and holding winged caduceus pointing down at serpent gliding right. RIC I 27; von Kaenel Type 22; Calicó 366. VF, a single, tiny tic on the cheek.

From the Sierra Collection. Ex Triton V (15 January 2002), lot 1876.