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  [Image]                              Item Sold At Auction #35
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                 Lot Number: 63803
                 Estimate: $500.00
                 Final Sale Price: $506.00
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                 Denomination: Sestertius
                 Grade: VF dark green patina
                 Reference: RIC I 96; BMCRE 115; Cohen 39




  Claudius. 41-54 AD. Æ Sestertius (28.12 gm). Struck 41-50 AD. TI CLAVDIVS CAESAR AVG
  P M T[R P IMP], laureate head of Claudius right / EX• S•C/OB/CIVES/SERVATOS, legend
  in four lines in oak wreath. RIC I 96; BMCRE 115; Cohen 39. Nice VF, dark green
  patina, partial flat strike, porous. Estimate $500.



  While the flat strike obscures whether the obverse legend ends in P P, the
  orientation of the legend is consistent in both issues with and without P P. The
  orientation on this specimen certainly places it in the earlier issue.





Online auction 35 closed August 13, 2001.



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