Triton XX, Lot: 663. Estimate $10000. Sold for $20000. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Claudius. AD 41-54. AR Denarius (19mm, 3.65 g, 12h). 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 28; von Kaenel Type 22 (V313/R358; an unlisted die pair); RSC 56; BMCRE 27; BN 42 (Lyon). Superb EF, iridescent toning, minor deposits on neck. Great metal and artistic dies.

From the Continental Collection. Ex Münzen und Medaillen AG 81 (18 September 1995), lot 252.