Sale: CNG 69, Lot: 1384. Estimate $500.  Closing Date: Wednesday, 8 June 2005.  Sold For $550. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

CLAUDIUS. 41-54 AD. Æ Sestertius (21.47 gm, 5h). Rome mint. Struck circa 41-42 AD. Laureate head right / Spes advancing left, holding flower and lifting hem of skirt. RIC I 99; von Kaenel Type 55; BMCRE 124; Cohen 85 var. (obv. legend). VF, green patina, smoothed. ($500)

Ex Gorny & Mosch 115 (5 March 2002), lot 1486.