Claudius, 41-54 One of the twelve Caesars 27-25 mm. 9.77 grams. Struck 41-50 TI CLAVDIVS CAESAR AVG PM TRP IMP head left Minerva brandishing spear and shield right Lots of drapery details. Excellent portrait (look at it closely) in high grade with hair details and no tooling. (Many Roman AE with hair details that look this sharp are actually tooled, but this one is not.) A special coin. [$345 + $10 shipping in the US] RIC 100. BMC 149. Bought in December 1975 from "Hyland" (by the man I bought it from) with a ticket (included) that says it is from the "1884 Croston Hoard." For other Roman and Greek coins, including three Roman Republican denarii posted yesterday, see: http://augustuscoins.com/index.html
