430, Lot: 342. Estimate $200. Sold for $190. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Claudius. AD 41-54. Æ Sestertius (36.8mm, 28.85 g, 7h). Rome mint. Struck AD 42-43. Laureate head right / Spes advancing left, holding flower and raising hem of skirt. RIC I 115; von Kaenel Type 70. Near VF, dark green and brown patina with touches of red, some smoothing.

From the Anthony DiDonato Collection. Ex Classical Numismatic Group Electronic Auction 155 (3 January 2007), lot 275.