Claudius. AD 41-54. AV Aureus (19mm, 7.71 g, 10h). Lugdunum (Lyon) mint. Struck AD 44-45.

Triton XXV
Lot: 799. Estimated: $ 7 500

Roman Imperial, Gold

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Claudius. AD 41-54. AV Aureus (19mm, 7.71 g, 10h). Lugdunum (Lyon) mint. Struck AD 44-45. TI CLAVD CAESAR • AVG • P • M • TR • P • IIII, laureate head right / PACI AVGVSTAE, Pax-Nemesis advancing right, holding out fold of drapery below chin with right hand and holding in left hand a winged caduceus pointing down at serpent gliding right with head erect. RIC I 27; von Kaenel Type 22, 568 (V –[unlisted obv. die]/R373); Lyon 42; Calicó 366; BMCRE 26; BN 40-1; Biaggi 209; Jameson 42; Mazzini 55 (same rev. die). In NGC encapsulation 6157094-004, graded Ch VF, Strike: 5/5, Surface: 1/5, smoothing.

Ex DMS Collection (Triton XXII, 8 January 2019), lot 1007; Classical Numismatic Review XXI.2 (Fall 1996), no. 37.


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