Ex Sir Arthur Evans Collection

503493.

Sold For $4250

Nero Claudius Drusus. Died 9 BC. AR Denarius (19mm, 3.63 g, 8h). Lugdunum (Lyon) mint. Struck under Claudius, circa AD 41-42. [NE]RO CLAVDIVS DRVSVS GERMΛNICVS I[MP], laureate head left / D E above and GERM on architrave of triumphal arch, surmounted by equestrian statue right between two trophies; the rider carries spear in rest in right hand; at the foot of each trophy sits a captive with hands tied behind his back, the one on left looking right, the one on right facing. RIC I 70 (Claudius, Rome mint); von Kaenel Type 12, 197 (V153/R153 – this coin); Lyon 23 (unlisted dies); RSC 2; BMCRE 97-8; BN 3. Good VF, toned, a few expert repairs.

Ex Münzen und Medaillen AG 38 (6 December 1968), lot 361; Sir Arthur Evans Collection (Ars Classica XVII, 3 October 1934), lot 1233; J. Hirsch XXXIV (5 May 1914), lot 932 (purchased by Spink on behalf of Evans for 35 RM).