Triton XVIII, Lot: 1020. Estimate $750. Sold for $1600. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Claudius. AD 41-54. Æ As (28.5mm, 12.76 g, 6h). Rome mint. Struck AD 42-43. TI CLAVDIVS • CAESAR • AVG P M TR • P • IMP • P P, bare head left / LIBERTAS AVGVSTA, S C across field, Libertas, draped, standing right, holding pileus in right hand and extending left hand. RIC I 113; von Kaenel Type 77; BMCRE 202-5; BN 230-2; Kampmann p. 121, top (this coin). Near EF, dark green and brown patina, thinned to brown at highest points, some deposits.

From the collection of the MoneyMuseum, Zurich. Ex Kurt P. Wyprächtiger Collection; Hess-Leu 45 (12 May 1970), lot 479.