Sale: Triton VIII, Lot: 993. Estimate $1500.  Closing Date: Monday, 10 January 2005.  Sold For $1200. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

ANTONIA MINOR, wife of Nero Claudus Drusus, mother of Germanicus and Claudius. Augusta, 37 and 41 AD. Æ Dupondius (14.38 gm, 7h). Rome mint. Struck under Claudius, 41-42 AD. ANTONIA AVGVSTA, draped bust right / ANTONIA AVGVSTA, draped bust right / TI CLAVDIVS CAESAR AVG P M TR P IMP, S C across field, Claudius standing left, toga draped over head, holding simpulum. RIC I 92 (Claudius); cf. von Kaenel 292 (V216/R262); BMCRE 166; BN 143 (Claudius); Cohen 6. Near EF, dark olive patina, minor encrustation and partial flat strike on reverse. ($1500)

From the Michael Weller Collection. Ex Frank Sternberg XXXV (28-29 October 2000), lot 461; Triton III (30 November-1 December 1999), lot 989; Schweizerische Kreditanstalt 3 (19-20 April 1985), lot 503.