Sale: CNG 70, Lot: 863. Estimate $2000.  Closing Date: Wednesday, 21 September 2005.  Sold For $1800. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

TIBERIUS and GERMANICUS GEMELLUS, sons of Drusus Caesar and Livia Drusilla (Livilla). 19-37/8 and 19-23/4 AD. Æ Sestertius (27.50 g, 1h). Rome mint. Struck under Tiberius, 22-23 AD. Crossed cornucopiae, each surmounted by the bust of a boy, vis-à-vis; winged caduceus between / Legend around large S C. RIC I 42 (Tiberius); BMCRE 95 (Tiberius); Cohen 1. VF, even brown patina, minor pitting, a hint of smoothing in fields. An attractive example of this popular type. ($2000)

See lot 734 for another example of this type from the John F. Sullivan Collection, and a note on the history of this type.