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Lot 244

Starting price: 569 USD
Price realized: 875 USD
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Claudius I. Denarius; Claudius I; 41-54 AD, Lugdunum, 50/51 AD, Denarius, 3.75g. RIC-56 (R4); Paris-69, pl. XXI (same rev. die); C-12 (12 Fr.); BMC-57 note. Obv: TI CLAVD CAESAR AVG P M TR P X IMP X[VIII] Head laureate r. Rx: CONSTANTIA[E - AVG]VSTI Constantia seated l. on curule chair, feet resting on stool, raising r. hand before her face and pointing upward, l. arm in lap. A very rare denarius with this date TR P X IMP XVIII, apparently only the second recorded example. RIC-56 knew only the Paris specimen of this denarius, on which [IMP XVIII] is off flan. Von Kaenel omitted that Paris coin from his monograph on the coinage of Claudius, and knew no other specimens of the type, just two corresponding aurei, which happen to be from the same reverse die as both the Paris denarius and our second specimen of that denarius. See von Kaenel, p. 15, Münztyp 37, and pl. 11, 838-9. No new specimens of either the denarius or the aureus have turned up in CoinArchives, covering coins offered for sale from c. 2000 on.. F

Estimate: $875
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