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CLAUDIUS GOLD AUREUS OF LUGDUNUM MINT

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Code: 10118



Claudius, AD 41-54, Gold Aureus
Lugdunum (Lyon) mint, Struck AD 41-42
Obverse: TI CLAVD CAESAR • AVG • GERM • P M TR P, Head facing right, wearing oak wreath
Reverse: / EX S C/ OB CIVES/ SERVATOS in three lines within oak wreath
RIC I 15 (Rome); von Kaenel Type 8, 123 (V97/R98); Lyon 16/8a (D51/R56); Calicó 356
19 mm in diameter, 7.8 grams.
Practically very fine, with an attractive early portrait and a light golden tone.