Claudius augustus, 41 – 54

Denarius 46-47, AR 18 mm, 3.77 g. TI CLAVD CAESAR AVG P M TR P VI IMP XI Laureate head r. Rev. IMPER RECEPT on the top of battlemented wall enclosing praetorian camp in which soldier stands, spear in r. hand with aquila in front of him; behind him a pediment with fortified flanking walls. C 44. BMC 24. Von Kaenel type, 21. 379. RIC 26. CBN 45 (Lugdunum).
Rare. Struck on excellent metal and perfectly centred. An edge test cut at
nine o’clock on obverse, otherwise about extremely fine

Ex Triton sale XXI, 2018, 714. From the Peter Bowe collection.

Graded XF strike:5/5, surface: 3/5 - edge cut, NGC certification number 8230104-009