453, Lot: 509. Estimate $3000. Sold for $3500. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Claudius. AD 41-54. AV Aureus (19mm, 7.69 g, 8h). Lugdunum (Lyon) mint. Struck AD 50-51. TI CLAVD CAESAR • AVG • P • M • TR • P • X • IMP • P • P, laureate head right / [PACI] AVGVSTAE, Pax-Nemesis advancing right, holding out fold of drapery below chin with right hand and holding in left hand a winged caduceus pointing down at serpent gliding right with head erect. RIC I 51 (Rome); von Kaenel Type 40; Lyon 73; Calicó 371; BMCRE 61; BN –; Biaggi –. Light marks. Fine. Very rare, the first aureus of this issue that CNG has handled, only six in CoinArchives.

From the Alpine Collection.