Classical Numismatic Group, LLC - Auction 124 - Session 3 . 609
Roman Imperial
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Divus Claudius. Died AD 54. AV Aureus (19mm, 7.56 g, 6h). Rome and Lugdunum (Lyon) mint. Struck under Nero, AD 54-55. DIVVS CLAVDIVS AVGVSTVS, laureate head left / EX S C in exergue, slow quadriga right, with tensa (car) in form of small temple, showing front, the tensa with pediment like a temple and decorated with two pateras and a lituus, surmounted by four miniature horses, flanked by Victories left and right; on the side and front are figures (Victory and Virtus(?) and wreath). RIC I 4 (Nero); WCN 1; von Kaenel Type 53 (Divus Claudius [Nero] – unlisted dies); Lyon 2/2a (dies D6/R7 – Denarius); Calicó 354; BMCRE 4-5 (Nero); BN 1-2 (Nero); Biaggi 203; Mazzini 31; LHS 100, lot 467 (same dies). Extensive edge filing marks, ex jewelry, polished. Near VF. From the Libertas Collection.
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