288, Lot: 390. Estimate $100. Sold for $110. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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Britannicus. AD 41-55. Æ Cut Sestertius (22mm, 7.05 g, 7h). Uncertain Balkan/Thracian mint. Struck under Claudius, circa AD 50-54. [TI CLAVDIVS CAES]AR AVG F BRI[TANNICVS], Bare-headed 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. Fine, golden tan patina. Cut or broken in antiquity.
From the R. D. Frederick Collection.