Claudius. AD 41-54. AV Aureus (18.5mm, 7.11 g, 10h). Lugdunum (Lyon) mint. Struck AD 46-47. TI CLAVD CAESAR • AVG • P • M • TR • P • VI IMP • XI, laureate head right / S P Q R/ P • P/ OB C S in three lines within oak wreath. RIC I 40; von Kaenel Type 26, 577 (V482/R497); Lyon 50 (unlisted dies); Calicó 379; BMCRE 42-4; BN 58; Biaggi 211 (same rev. die); Jameson –; Mazzini 86. Some flat spots and marks at edge. Good VF.
From the San Vicente Collection. Ex Schoonmaker Collection (Stack's, 10 June 1997), lot 57.