silver medal by W Goscombe John
still the only example the cataloguer has seen
a pleasing extremely fine coin and highly desirable as such with a great provenance
Aramaic legend on right ('BLTRZ' = Baaltars)
the date officially altered from a 2 on the dies
Claudius, Gold Aureus. silver medal by W GoscombeClaudius (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