The New York Sale 2026 Ancient & World

Rare Praetorian Reverse Claudian Aureus

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1208 Claudius (AD 41-54). Gold Aureus (7.82 g, 19mm), struck AD 41-42. Lugdunum (Lyon). , TI.CLAVD.CAESAR.AVG.P.M.TTR.P, laureate head right. Reverse: PRAETOR RECEPT, Claudius, bare-headed and togate, standing right, clasping hands with a praetorian soldier, long haired, standing left, holding a signum, a round shield slung from his neck. RIC 11, Lyon 1/3a; BMC 8; Cohen 77; Calicó 374a; Mazzini 77. A rare type. In NGC holder graded Ch XF ; Strike 4/5; Surface 3/5; edge marks. Ex Stack’s, Selections from the Collections of Gold, Silver, Copper Coins and Paper Money of Wesley A. Miller, Dr. Alfred R. Globus, and The Museum of Connecticut History, June 9-10, 1998, lot 29, come with tag Ex Christie’s, ‘The McLendon Collection of Ancient Greek and Roman Coins’, New York, June 12, 1993, lot 98 Ex Bank Leu Sale 30, Zürich, April 1982, lot 301 The reverse here recalls the Praetorian Guard finding Claudius after they had assassinated his nephew Caligula, and subsequently declaring him emperor. NGC Certification Number 2176681-004

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