Experts in Coins & Medals

Claudius, 41-54. Token (Lead, 19.5 mm, 2.12 g, 12 h), Colonia Florentia (modern day Florence). TI CLAVDIVS CAESAR AVG GER Bare head of Claudius to left. Rev. FLORENTIA MART City-Goddess standing facing, head turned to left, holding patera in her outstretched right hand and a flower in her left. C. Rowan, Lead Tokens in Julio-Claudian Italy and the Development of Imperial Ideology, in Kuhn (ed.) The Julio-Claudian Principate, Stuttgart 2025, p. 219, 10 (this token illustrated). Unique, and of great historical and numismatic importance. Well struck and centered, lovely ebony patina. Holed, otherwise, about extremely fine.

ATTICA. Athens. Circa 454-404 BC. Tetradrachm (Silver, 24 mm, 16.64 g, 9 h). Head of Athena to right, with frontal eye, wearing crested Attic helmet ornamented with palmette and three olive leaves. Rev. AΘE Owl standing to right, head facing; in field to left, olive spray and crescent; all within incuse square. HGC 4, 1597. Kroll 8. Porosity and encrustations, otherwise, about very fine.