Lot 5124

Sale 78 · Important Australian & World Coins & Banknotes, The Lampard Collection, The James Atkinson Collection

Claudius, (A.D. 41-54), early British Imitative issue, AE as, Rome mint type, issued after 42, (11.036 grams), obv. bare head to left, around TI CLAVD[IVS CAESAR] AVG P M TR P IMP, rev. Minerva to right, helmeted and draped, hurling javelin and holding shield, SC in field, (S.1861, RIC 100, BMC 149). Black, weak on part of obverse legend, otherwise fine and scarce.