Claudius. AD 41-54. AV Aureus (19mm, 7.75 g, 6h). Lugdunum (Lyon) mint. Struck AD 44-45. TI • CLAVD • CAESAR • AVG • P • M • TR • P • IIII, laureate head right / PACI AVGVSTAE, Pax-Nemesis advancing right, holding out fold of drapery below chin with right hand and holding in left hand a winged caduceus pointing down at serpent gliding right with head erect. RIC I 27 (Rome); von Kaenel Type 22, 553 (V356/R–[unlisted rev. die]); Lyon 42 ; Calicó 366; BMCRE 26; BN 40-1; Biaggi 209; Jameson 42; Mazzini 55. Underlying luster, some scratches and contact marks, light die rust and deposits on obverse, edge scuff on reverse. Good VF.
From the Conti Collection. Ex Dix Noonan Webb 126 (22 September 2014), lot 3513. Reportedly found near Tamworth, Staffordshire.