280, Lot: 131. Estimate $150. Sold for $425. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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Nero & Drusus Caesar. Died AD 31 and 33, respectively. Æ Dupondius (29mm, 15.36 g, 6h). Rome mint. Struck under Gaius (Caligula), AD 40-41. Nero and Drusus on horseback right / C CAESAR DIVI AVG PRON AVG P M TR P IIII P P P EX, legend around large S C. RIC I 49 var. (rev. legend; Gaius). Near VF, dark grayish-green, almost black, patina, light porosity.
From the Nera Collection.
Apparently unrecorded with the reverse legend ending P EX.