Sale: CNG 78, Lot: 1720. Estimate $750. Closing Date: Wednesday, 14 May 2008. Sold For $940. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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Nero & Drusus Caesar. Died AD 31 and 33, respectively. Æ Dupondius (15.43 g, 7h). Rome mint. Struck under Gaius (Caligula), AD 37-38. Nero and Drusus on horseback riding right / Legend around large S • C. RIC I 34 (Gaius). Good VF, green patina, two small areas of fill, earthen highlights.
From the Dr. Lamar Payne Collection. Ex Triton VIII (11 January 2005), lot 997; Classical Numismatic Group 40 (with Numismatica Ars Classica, 4 December 1996), lot 1202.