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Claudius. AD 41-54. Æ As (30mm, 9.41 g, 7h). Rome mint. Struck AD 42-43. TI CLAVDIVS CAESAR AVG P M TR P IMP P P, bare head left / LIBERTAS AVGVSTA, Libertas, draped, standing right, holding pileus in right hand and extending left hand. RIC I 113; von Kaenel Type 77; BMCRE 202-5; BN 230-2. Green-brown patina. EF.
From the PLZ Collection. Ex Paulo Leitão Collection (Numismatica Ars Classica 59, 4 April 2011), lot 915.
The minor bronzes struck during the early empire saw some of the heaviest circulation of all denominations. This is certainly true of the copper As (seen here) as this was a workhorse denomination for everyday commerce. When engraved with care (also as here) and surviving in high grade (yet again, as here), the coin becomes genuinely rare. This coin has a wonderful realistic portrait and an equally impressive enamel like patina. Struck from fresh dies, it is among the finest survivors for the type, perhaps one of the finest surviving asses from the entire Claudius emission.
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