Claudius. AD 41-54. AR Denarius (17.5mm, 3.56 g, 7h). Lugdunum (Lyon) mint. Struck AD 46-47. TI CLAVD CAESAR AVG P M TR P VI IMP XI, laureate head right / DE BRITANN on architrave of triumphal arch surmounted by equestrian statue left between two trophies. RIC I 34; von Kaenel Type 27, 615 (V516/R532); Lyon 53/4a (D264/R283); RSC 18; BMCRE 35 (same dies); BN 57. Iridescent tone, minor marks, reverse slightly off center, a couple of shallow edge test cuts. Good VF. Rare.
From the Peter J. Merani Collection. Ex Berk BBS 131 (2 April 2003), lot 358.