CNG 109, Lot: 631. Estimate $5000. Sold for $7000. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Claudius. AD 41-54. AR Denarius (18mm, 3.74 g, 5h). Lugdunum (Lyon) mint. Struck AD 46-47. TI CLAVD CAESAR • AVG • P M • TR • P • VI IMP • XI, laureate head right / PACI ΛVGVSTΛE, Pax-Nemesis, winged, draped, advancing right, with right hand she pulls out a fold of her robe below the neck, holding in left hand a winged caduceus pointed downward at a snake gliding right with head erect. RIC I 39 (Rome); von Kaenel Type 24 (unlisted dies); Lyon 47 (unlisted dies); RSC 58; BMCRE 40-1; BN 51. EF, lightly toned. Excellent silver quality. Wonderful portrait.