Claudius. AD 41-54. AR Cistophorus (27mm, 10.86 g, 6h). Ephesus mint. Struck AD 41-42. TI CLAVD CAES • AVG, bare head left / COM ASI across field, distyle temple of Roma and Augustus, enclosing standing facing figures of Claudius, holding spear in right hand, being crowned by Fortuna, holding wreath in right hand and cornucopia in left; ROM • ET AVG on entablature. RIC I 120 (Pergamum); RPC I 2221; RSC 3; BMCRE 228; BN 304-6 (Pergamum). Darkly toned, some scrapes and scratches, tiny red deposits on obverse, edge marks. Good VF.
Ex Gadoury (1 December 2012), lot 90.