455, Lot: 274. Estimate $750. Sold for $1200. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Claudius, with Agrippina Junior. AD 41-54. AR Denarius (19mm, 3.49 g, 2h). Rome mint. Struck AD 51. Laureate head of Claudius right / Draped bust of Agrippina right, wearing wreath of grain ears. RIC I 81; von Kaenel Type 50 (unlisted dies); RSC 4. Iridescent toning, light porosity, graffito “Y” or “V” in right reverse field. Near VF.

From the J.B. Collection, purchased from Tom Cederlind, Autumn 2006.