Exceptional DE BRITANNIS Didrachm

Sale: Triton X, Lot: 582. Estimate $5000.  Closing Date: Monday, 8 January 2007.  Sold For $10000. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Claudius. AD 41-54. AR Didrachm (7.49 g, 12h). Caesaraea-Eusebia mint. Struck circa AD 43-48. TI • CLAVD • CAESAR • AVG • GERM • P M • TR • P • , laureate head right / DE BRITANNI[S], Claudius in triumphal quadriga right, holding scepter and reins; car decorated with Victory standing right. RIC I 122; RPC I 3625; RSC 15; BMCRE 237; Sydenham 55. Superb EF, slight double strike on reverse. Exceptional for issue.