CNG 100, Lot: 1844. Estimate $7500. Sold for $7000. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Claudius. AD 41-54. AR Denarius (18mm, 3.77 g, 7h). Lugdunum (Lyon) mint. Struck AD 41-42. TI CLAVD • CAESAR • AVG • GERM P • M TR • P, laureate head right / EX • S C/ OB CIVES/ SERVATOS in three lines in oak wreath. RIC I 16 (Rome); von Kaenel Type 8 (unlisted dies); Lyon 17; RSC 35; BMCRE 18-9 (Rome); BN 33. Superb EF, lightly toned, traces of deposits and minor die rust on obverse, a few small marks on reverse.

From the collection of Jack Terner.