Triton XIX, Lot: 492. Estimate $5000. Sold for $9000. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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Claudius. AD 41-54. AV Aureus (19mm, 7.72 g, 6h). Lugdunum (Lyon) mint. Struck AD 49-50. TI CLAVD CAESAR • AVG P • M • TR • P • VIIII • IM[P • XVI], laureate head right / PACI ΛVGVSTAE, Pax-Nemesis, winged and draped, advancing right, with right hand holding out fold of drapery below chin, with left hand holding winged caduceus, pointing down at erect snake, gliding right. RIC I 46 (Rome); von Kaenel Type 28; Lyon 54; Calicó 369; BMCRE 51 (Rome); BN 61; Biaggi –. VF, lightly toned, edge test cut and a few scratches on edge.