stylised St George and dragon left
gold Pattern Two Pounds
a pleasing extremely fine coin and highly desirable as such with a great provenance
the date officially altered from a 2 on the dies
07g (Bull 2212
Claudius, Gold Aureus. stylised St George and dragonClaudius (AD 41 54), gold Aureus, Lugdunum (Lyon), AD 44 45, TI CLAVD CAESAR AVG P M TR P IIII, laureate head right, rev. IMPER RECEPT across upper section of wall, Claudius seated left, holding scepter, signum left, all within distyle building with crescent in pediment and flanked by crenelated walls with arched entries, set on crenelated wall with two arched entries, 7. 68g, 10h (RIC I 25 [1984: Rome]; von Kaenel Type 21 (unlisted dies); Lyon 40