529
Claudius (AD 41-54), Æ Sestertius, 30.6g. Mint of Rome, c.AD 41/2.
TI CLAVDIVS CAESAR AVG P M TR P
IMP
, laureate head of Claudius facing right. Rev.
SPES AVGVSTA, S C
in exergue, Spes advancing left, holding
flower and raising hem of skirt (RIC 99; BMC 124-8; BN 165-72). Struck on a nice broad flan, dark brown
patina, choice very fine.
$ 2,000
530
Claudius (AD 41-54), Æ As, 11.13g, 4h. Mint of Rome, struck AD 42.
TI CLAVDIVS CAESAR AVG P M TR
P IMP P P
, bare head facing left. Rev.
CONSTANTIAE AVGVSTI, S-C
, Constantia, in military dress, standing
left, raising right hand and holding a sceptre (RCV 1858 (this coin illustrated); RIC 111; BMC 199; C 14).
Brown patina, with an excellent portrait, extremely fine and in a very good state of preservation.
$ 900
This coin is illustrated in David Sear’s ‘
Roman Coins and their Values
’. Vol 1 (London, 2000), p.367, 1858.
An Exceptional Sestertius of Claudius
531
Claudius (AD 41-54), Æ Sestertius, 30.88g, 6h. Mint of Rome, struck AD 42-43.
TI CLAVDIVS CAESAR
AVG P M TR P IMP P P
, head facing right, laureate. Rev.
EX S C / P P / OB CIVES / SERVATOS
within an
oak-wreath (RIC 112; BMC 185; BN 207; Von Kaenel 1761 (this coin); RCV 1850). An exceptional Sestertius
with a superb portrait and a beautiful rich red-brown patina, nearly extremely fine.
Rare
.
$ 8,000
ex O. Helbing, Münich, Auction 83, 1941, lot 653
