Claudius. AD 41-54. AR Denarius (18mm, 3.56 g, 6h). Lugdunum (Lyon) mint. Struck AD 43-44. VF.Triton XXVII Roman Imperial, Coin-in-Hand Video, Silver Sold For $ 8 000. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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Claudius. AD 41-54. AR Denarius (18mm, 3.56 g, 6h). Lugdunum (Lyon) mint. Struck AD 43-44. TI CLAVD • CAESAR • AVG • P • M • TR • P • III, laureate head right / IMPER RECEPT across top of front wall, view of the Castra Praetoria: in front is a wall with two small arched openings below and five battlements on top; above and behind it stands a soldier on guard looking left, holding spear in right hand; aquila to left; behind him is a pediment in which is a crescent, on two pillars, flanked left and right by walls, each with a battlement above and an arch below. RIC I 20; von Kaenel Type 18 (V –/R292 [unlisted obv. die]); Lyon 35 (D –/R135 [unlisted obv. die]); RSC 42a; BMCRE 21 (same rev. die); BN –; CNR XIV, 290 (this coin). Toned, some roughness, traces of deposits, scratches along edge. VF. |