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Electronic Auction 490

Lot nuber 257

Claudius. AD 41-54. AV Aureus (19mm, 7.79 g, 4h). Lugdunum (Lyon) mint. Struck AD 44-45.


Electronic Auction 490
Lot: 257.
 Estimated: $ 3 000

Merani Collection – Roman Imperial, Gold

Sold For $ 5 500. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

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Claudius. AD 41-54. AV Aureus (19mm, 7.79 g, 4h). Lugdunum (Lyon) mint. Struck AD 44-45. TI CLAVD • CAESAR • AVG • P • M • TR • P • IIII, laureate head right / IMPER RECEPT across upper section of wall, Claudius seated left, holding scepter; to left, signum; all within distyle building with crescent in pediment and flanked by crenelated walls with arched entries; all set on crenelated wall with two arched entries. RIC I 25; von Kaenel Type 21, – (V304/R315 – [unlisted die combination]); Lyon 40 (D163/R193 – [unlisted die combination]); Calicó 361a; BMCRE 23 (same obv. die); BN 43-4; Biaggi 206 (same rev. die); Mazzini 43. Scratches and marks. Near VF.

From the Peter J. Merani Collection. Ex Classical Numismatic Group 49 (17 March 1999), lot 1457.

Claudius was the first of many emperors to be raised to the throne by the Praetorian Guard. This reverse type depicting the praetorian camp, which lay northeast of Rome outside the Servian Wall, celebrates the event.

Closing Date and Time: 21 April 2021 at 11:25:20 ET.

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