Claudius I. 41-54 AD. Sestertius, 28.42g. (6h). . , 41-2 AD. Obv: TI CLAVDIVS CAESAR AVG P M TR P IMP Head laureate right. Rx: EX S C / O B / CIVES / SERVATOS in four lines within oak wreath. Von Kaenel pl. 18, 1261-87. BM 118, pl. 34.13. Paris pl. XXV, 153-5. Cohen 39. RIC 96. Struck at a branch mint probably located in northwestern Spain. Portraits of Claudius this nice on a sestertius are rare. A few isolated obverse pits. EF with black patination.
Ex Claude Burgan Numismatique, with their ticket.