CNG 106, Lot: 708. Estimate $3000. Sold for $6500. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Claudius. AD 41-54. AR Denarius (19mm, 3.76 g, 5h). Rome mint. Struck AD 49-50. TI CLAVD CAESAR • AVG P • M •TR • P • VIIII • IMP • XVI, laureate head right / PACI [AV]GVSTAE, Pax-Nemesis advancing right, holding out fold of drapery below chin, and holding winged caduceus, pointing down at erect snake, gliding right. RIC I 47; von Kaenel Type 28 (unlisted dies); RSC 61; BMCRE 52-3; BN –. EF, toned, a few light marks. Excellent silver quality. Rare.

Found in Thurnham, Kent, September 1987.