Watch List notes:

Claudius. AD 41-54. AR Denarius (19.5mm, 3.78 g, 2h). Lugdunum (Lyon) mint. Struck AD 49-50. TI CLAVD CAESAR • AVG • P • M • TR • P • VIIII • IMP • XVI, laureate head right / S P Q R/ P • P/ OB C S in three lines within oak wreath. RIC I 49; von Kaenel Type 30, 643 (V–/R556); Lyon 59/1 (D–/R304); RSC 89; cf. BMCRE 54 note; BN 63 (same rev. die). Near EF, toned. Well-detailed portrait. Very rare.


From the Viggo Collection. Ex A. Lynn Collection (Manhattan Sale 1, 5 January 2010), lot 196; G. Hirsch 153 (18 February 1987), lot 275.