315, Lot: 373. Estimate $100. Sold for $72. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Claudius. AD 41-54. Æ Sestertius (34mm, 24.02 g, 7h). Restitution issue under Titus. Rome mint. Struck AD 80-81. Laureate head right / Spes advancing left, holding flower and raising hem of skirt. RIC II 472 (Titus); von Kaenel 2118-27. Fine, dark green-brown patina, roughness and scratches. Scarcer restitution issue.

From the R. D. Frederick Collection.