409, Lot: 556. Estimate $300. Sold for $900. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Claudius. AD 41-54. AV Aureus (18mm, 7.45 g, 11h). Rome mint. Struck AD 41-42. Laureate head right / EX S C/ OB CIVES/ SERVATOS in three lines within wreath. RIC I 15; von Kaenel Type 8; Calicó 356. Fair, reddish tone, wavy flan, test cut on portait.

Ex Classical Numismatic Group Electronic Auction 180 (23 January 2008), lot 156.

The test cut and reddish tone are characteristic of Roman gold coins found in India.