Very Rare Dynastic Issue

345, Lot: 92. Estimate $150. Sold for $220. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

CRETE, Koinon of Crete. Claudius, with Drusus Senior and Antonia. AD 41-54. Æ (23mm, 9.72 g, 7h). Gortyna mint(?). Laureate head of Claudius right / Diademed and draped bust of Antionia vis-à-vis bare head of Drusus left. RPC 1031; Svoronos, Numismatique 21; SNG Copenhagen –; Traeger 384. Near Fine, brown patina. Very rare.

From the Colin E. Pitchfork Collection. Ex Glendining (24 March 1987), lot 75 (part of).

This is the only known coin issue to portray Claudius with his parents.