Claudius. AD 41-54. Æ Sestertius (37mm, 26.08 g, 6h). Rome mint. Struck AD 42-43. TI • CLAVDIVS • CAESAR • AVG • P • M • TR • P • IMP • P • P •, laureate head right / NERO • CLAVDIVS • DRVSVS • GERMAN • IMP, S C across field, triumphal arch, surmounted by an equestrian statue right between two trophies; the rider strikes downward with spear in right hand. RIC I 114; von Kaenel Type 71; BMCRE 188-91; BN 212-5. Attractive green patina, smoothed and tooled. EF. Ex Vico 113 (8 March 2007), lot 271 (reverse illustrated on back cover of catalog).
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