Triton XVI, Lot: 1041. Estimate $500. Sold for $850. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Claudius. AD 41-54. Æ As (30mm, 11.43 g, 6h). Rome mint. Struck AD 41-42. TI CLAVDIVS CAESAR AVG P M TR P IMP, bare head left / LIBERTAS AVGVSTA, S C across field, Libertas standing front, head right, holding pileus in right hand and extending left hand. RIC I 97; von Kaenel Type 62; BMCRE 145-6; BN 177-8. Near EF, red-brown surfaces, traces of green, a few small imperfections. Portrait of artistic merit.