Triton XVI, Lot: 1038. Estimate $1500. Sold for $2400. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Claudius. AD 41-54. AR Denarius (17mm, 3.29 g, 6h). Lugdunum (Lyon) mint. Struck AD 44-45. TI CLAVD • CAESAR • AVG • P • M • TR • P • IIII, laureate head right / PACI AVGVSTAE, Pax-Nemesis, winged and draped, advancing right, with right hand holding out fold of drapery below chin, with left hand holding winged caduceus, pointing down at snake erect, gliding right. RIC I 28 (Rome); von Kaenel Type 22, 445 (V445/R- [unlisted rev. die]); Lyon 43/4 (D167/R211); RSC 56; BMCRE 27 (Rome); BN 42. Good VF, gray, gold, and iridescent tone, light marks under tone.

From the Chiltern Collection.