318, Lot: 616. Estimate $100. Sold for $85. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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Claudius. AD 41-54. Æ Quadrans (17mm, 3.31 g, 6h). Rome mint. Struck AD 42. Hand left, holding scales; PNR below / Legend around large S C. RIC I 91; von Kaenel Type 68. Good VF, green patina, minor roughness.
From the Leo & Paula Gorelkin Collection.
The meaning of the P N R on the obverse is not entirely clear. It should perhaps be expanded to Pondus Nummi Restitutum, referring to a monetary reform.