120, Lot: 60. Estimate $500. Sold for $860. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

CLAUDIUS. 41-54 AD. Æ Sestertius (37mm, 29.43 g). Rome mint. Laureate head right / Spes advancing left, holding flower and raising hem of skirt. RIC I 115; BMCRE 192; Cohen 85. VF, attractive light brown patina, small spot of smoothing before mouth.

From the Tony Hardy Collection.