Sale: Triton VIII, Lot: 992. Estimate $1000. Closing Date: Monday, 10 January 2005. Sold For $1800. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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DRUSUS CAESAR, son of Tiberius. Caesar, 19-23 AD. Æ As (11.14 gm, 1h). Rome mint. Struck 22-23 AD. DRVSVS CAESAR TI AVG F DIVI AVG N, bare head left / PONTIF TRIBVN POTEST ITER, large S C across field. RIC I 45 (Tiberius); MIR 2, 31-6; BMCRE 99 (Tiberius); BN 79 (Tiberius); Cohen 2. Near EF, hard mottled green and brown patina, trace of flat strike in obverse legend, minor smoothing in fields. Strong, well-defined portrait. ($1000)
From the Michael Weller Collection. Ex Astarte VI (10-11 November 2000), lot 422.