Sale: CNG 67, Lot: 1291. Estimate $750.  Closing Date: Wednesday, 22 September 2004.  Sold For $900. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

NERO CLAUDIUS DRUSUS, father of Germanicus and Claudius. Died 9 BC. Æ Sestertius (29.92 gm). Rome mint. Struck under Claudius, 42-54 AD. Bare head left / Claudius seated left on curule chair, holding branch and roll; weapons and armor on either side of globe beneath. RIC I 109 (Claudius); von Kaenel - (V438/R495; unlisted die combination); BMCRE 208 (Claudius); Cohen 8. VF, green patina, minor pitting on neck of Drusus, some smoothing. ($750)

From the Michael Weller Collection.