423, Lot: 355. Estimate $100. Sold for $340. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Claudius. AD 41-54. Æ As (28.4mm, 9.85 g, 7h). Contemporary imitation of Rome mint issue. Uncertain mint. Struck after AD 41. Bare head left / Constantia standing left, raising hand and holding spear. Cf. RIC I 95 for prototype; cf. von Kaenel Type 61 for prototype. Near VF, dark green and brown patina, overstruck. Vestiges of undertype visible, perhaps a Gaius (Caligula) as.

From the WRG Collection, purchased from William Porter, December 1990.