| Heritage World Coin Auctions > NYINC Signature Sale 3113 | Auction date: 8 January 2024 |
| Lot number: 30071 Price realized: 46,000 USD (Approx. 41,934 EUR) Note: Prices do not include buyer's fees. | Show similar lots on CoinArchives Find similar lots in upcoming auctions on  |
| Lot description: Ancients Claudius I (AD 41-54). AV aureus (18mm, 7.73 gm, 4h). NGC XF 5/5 - 4/5, light marks. Rome, AD 46-47. TI CLAVD CAESAR•AVG•P•M•TR•P•VI•IMP XI, laureate head of Claudius I right / DE BRITANN, legend on architrave of triumphal arch surmounted by equestrian statue left, right hand raised, spear in left; between two trophies. Calicó 349a (Rome or Lugdunum). RIC I 33. Like so many coins in the Wetmore collection, this rare and popular aureus is graced with smoldering red-orange toning that makes an already desirable coin that much more pleasing. From the Wetmore Collection of Gold and Electrum. Ex Classical Numismatic Group, private sale (30 July 2005), lot 758328; Sir Arthur Evans Collection (Ars Classica, Auction XVII, 3 October 1934), lot 1251; Bourgey (2 March 1925), lot 124. This rare issue depicts the triumphal Arch of Claudius, commissioned in AD 43, dedicated in AD 51. It was a conversion of one of the arches of the Aqua Virgo aqueduct where it crossed the Via Flaminia. The arch no longer exists, but a fragment of the inscription is housed in the Capitoline Museum. https://coins.ha.com/itm/ancients/roman-imperial/ancients-claudius-i-ad-41-54-av-aureus-18mm-773-gm-4h-ngc-xf-5-5-4-5-light-marks/a/3113-30071.s?type=DA-DMC-CoinArchives-WorldCoins-3113-01082024 HID02906262019 © 2023 Heritage Auctions | All Rights Reserved Estimate: 20000-30000 USD |  |
