296, Lot: 247. Estimate $750. Sold for $1200. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Claudius. AD 41-54. Æ Sestertius (36mm, 27.50 g, 6h). Rome mint. Struck AD 42-43. Laureate head right / Spes advancing left, holding up flower and raising hem of skirt. RIC I 115; von Kaenel Type 70. VF, tan and red-brown patina. Bold portrait.