Triton XVI, Lot: 1040. Estimate $3000. Sold for $1800. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Claudius. AD 41-54. Æ Sestertius (36mm, 30.68 g, 6h). Rome mint. Struck AD 41. TI CLAVDIVS CAESAR AVG P M TR P IMP, laureate head right / • SPES AVGVSTA • around, S C in exergue, Spes, draped, advancing left, holding flower in raised right hand and raising skirt with left. RIC I 99; von Kaenel Type 55 (unlisted dies); BMCRE 124-8; BN 165-72. Near EF, dark green patina, minor deposits.

From the Chiltern Collection.