Triton XVIII, Lot: 1019. Estimate $1000. Sold for $4750. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Claudius. AD 41-54. Æ As (29mm, 11.24 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, draped, standing right, holding pileus in right hand and extending left hand. RIC I 97; von Kaenel Type 62; BMCRE 145-6; BN 177-8. Good VF, attractive mahogany brown surfaces. Bold portrait.

From the collection of the MoneyMuseum, Zurich. Ex Vecchi 13 (4 September 1998), lot 742.