Details
LOT 3540
Claudius AE As. Struck AD 41-42. Contemporary (Romano-British?) imitation.
TI CLAVDIVS CAESAR AVG [...], bare head to left / S C across field, Minerva standing to right, brandishing spear and holding shield. Cf. RIC I, 100; cf. BMCRE 149; cf. BN 179. Near Very Fine.(8.73gr, 27mm, 7h.).
Provenance
Property of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman.
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