Sale: CNG 70, Lot: 735. Estimate $1000.  Closing Date: Wednesday, 21 September 2005.  Sold For $1650. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

NERO CLAUDIUS DRUSUS, brother of Tiberius, father of Germanicus and Claudius. Died 9 BC. Æ Sestertius (26.33 g, 5h). Rome mint. Struck under Claudius, circa 41-42 AD. Bare head left / Claudius seated left on curule chair, holding branch; weapons, armor, and globe below. RIC I 93 (Claudius); von Kaenel Type 57; BMCRE 157 (Claudius); Cohen 8. VF, mottled black-brown and red-brown patina, minor smoothing. ($1000)