Sale: CNG 64, Lot: 983. Estimate $15000.  Closing Date: Wednesday, 24 September 2003.  Sold For $13000. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

CLAUDIUS, with AGRIPPINA, Jr. 41-54 BC. AV Aureus (7.69 gm). Rome mint. Struck circa 42 AD. TI CLAVD CAESAR AVG GERM P M TRIB POT P P, laureate head of Claudius right / AGRIPPINAE AVGVSTA, diademed and draped bust of Agrippina right. RIC I 80; cf. Von Kaenel 986 (V-/R720 - unlisted obverse die); BMCRE 72; BN 76; CNR 4 (same reverse die); Cohen 3. EF. Well-centered and struck, an exceptional example of this attractive issue. ($15,000)