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Lot 61. Claudius Aureus, PRAETOR RECEPT
From the Général de Grandprey collection
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(Sunday, October 19th, 19:30:30 CEST)
Current time: Sunday, November 24th, 12:15:22 CET
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CHF 8'000.00 (2 bids)
Approx. EUR 8'593.54 / USD 8'952.75 / GBP 7'144.77
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CHF 8'000.00
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Bidder 2 *
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2014-10-14, 22:15:38
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CHF 7'800.00
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2014-10-19, 13:30:28
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Bidder 2
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eAuction #30, Lot 61. Estimate: CHF 7'500.00
Claudius (41-54 AD). Aureus (19-20 mm, 7.57 g), Roma (Rome), 44-45 AD.
Obv. TI CLAVD CAESAR AVG P M TR P IIII, laureate head right.
Rev. PRAETOR - RECEPT, Claudius, bare-headed and togate, standing right, clasping hands with soldier, in military attire, standing left and holding aquila in left hand.
RIC 29; Calicó 376.
Rare. Flan fault on reverse, otherwise, good very fine.
From the Général de Grandprey collection, ex Ciani sale, February 21-22, 1935, 437.
This Aureus, inscribed PRAETOR RECEPT and showing Claudius clasping hands with a Praetorian (most likely the prefect), commemorates the role the Praetorian guard played in the accession of Claudius to the throne after the murder of Caligula.
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