Triton XXII, Lot: 1010. Estimate $750. Sold for $850. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Claudius. AD 41-54. Æ As (29mm, 14.36 g, 6h). Rome mint. Struck AD 42-43. TI CLAVDIVS CAESAR AVG P M TR P IMP P P, bare head left / CONSTANTIAE AVGVSTI, S C across field, Constantia, helmeted, in military dress, standing left, raising right hand and holding long spear in left hand. RIC I 111; von Kaenel Type 76; BMCRE 199-201; BN 226-9. Near EF, hard gray-green patina, some earthen deposits. Pleasing surfaces.

From the DMS Collection, purchased from Jonathan K. Kern, March 2003.