450, Lot: 342. Estimate $750. Sold for $750. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Nero Claudius Drusus. Died 9 BC. Æ Sestertius (36.5mm, 29.94 g, 6h). Rome mint. Struck under Claudius, AD 42-43. NERO • CLAVDIVS • DRVSVS • GERMANICVS • IMP •, bare head left / TI • CLAVDIVS • CAESAR AVG • P M TR P • IMP • P • P, S • C in exergue, Claudius seated left on curule chair, holding branch and resting hand on lap; weapons and armor on either side of globe beneath. RIC I 109 (Claudius); von Kaenel Type 72. Dark brown-green patina, several areas of porosity and roughness. VF.

Ex Classical Numismatic Group Electronic Auction 317 (18 December 2013), lot 249; Classical Numismatic Group Electronic Auction 161 (28 March 2007), lot 198 (hammer $1,315).