Triton XX, Lot: 662. Estimate $30000. Sold for $25000. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Claudius. AD 41-54. AV Aureus (18mm, 7.86 g, 6h). Rome mint. Struck AD 44-45. TI CLAVD CAESAR AVG P M TR P IIII, laureate head right / PACI AVGVSTAE, 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 27; von Kaenel Type 22, 428 (V350/R351); Calicó 366; BMCRE 26; Biaggi 209. EF, toned, with much underlying luster.

From the Continental Collection.