120, Lot: 51. Estimate $500. Sold for $405. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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NERO CLAUDIUS DRUSUS, father of Claudius. Died 9 BC. Æ Sestertius (36mm, 22.94 g). Rome mint. Struck under Claudius, 41-42 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 93 (Claudius); BMCRE 157 (Claudius); Cohen 8. VF, reddish-brown patina with some green encrustation, light roughness.
From the Tony Hardy Collection.