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Research Coins: Feature Auction

 
Sale: Triton XII, Lot: 546. Estimate $1000. 
Closing Date: Monday, 5 January 2009. 
Sold For $6250. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Nero & Drusus Caesar, with Agrippina Junior, Drusilla, and Julia. Died AD 31 and 33, respectively. Æ 24mm (7.71 g, 12h). Apamea in Bithynia mint. Struck after AD 38. • DRVSVS • NERO • CAESARES • DD, bare heads of Drusus and Nero Caesars vis-à-vis / AGRIPPINA DIVA DRVSILLA IVLIA, C • I • C in exergue, Gaius' three sisters standing facing: Agrippina (as Ataraxia-Securitas) leaning on column, holding cornucopia, placing hand on Diva Drusilla (as Homonoia-Concordia), holding phiale and cornucopia, and Julia (as Tyche Soterios-Fortuna Redux) holding rudder and cornucopia. RPC Supp. 2, 2014/3; Corsten -; cf. RG p. 252, note 2; SNG Tübingen -; SNG von Aulock -; SNG Copenhagen -. VF, dark green patina with areas of encrustation. Very rare, only second example to appear recently at auction.


A similar example sold in Rauch 73 (17 May 2004), lot 445 for €5200.