Pedigreed to 1938

CNG 105, Lot: 817. Estimate $7500. Sold for $7500. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Claudius. AD 41-54. AR Denarius (19mm, 3.71 g, 7h). Lugdunum (Lyon) mint. Struck AD 44-45. TI CLAVD • CAESAR AVG P • M • TR • P • IIII, laureate head right / PACI AVGVSTAE, Pax-Nemesis advancing right, holding out fold of drapery below chin, and holding winged caduceus, pointing downward at erect snake, which is gliding right. RIC I 28; von Kaenel Type 22, 567 (this coin–V363/R373); Lyon 43; RSC 56. Near EF, toned. Attractive style, wonderful portrait, and well centered. Great metal.

Ex UBS 78 (9 September 2008), lot 1449; Münzhandlung Basel 10 (15 March 1938), lot 543.