Watch List notes:

Nero Claudius Drusus. Died 9 BC. AR Denarius (19.5mm, 3.67 g, 8h). Lugdunum (Lyon) mint. Struck under Claudius, AD 41-42. NERO CLAVDIVS • DRVSVS • GERMΛANICVS IMP, head left, wearing oak wreath / DE above and GERM on architrave of triumphal arch, surmounted by equestrian statue right between two trophies; the rider carries spear in rest in right hand; at the foot of each trophy sits a captive with hands tied behind his back, the one on left looking right, the one on right facing. RIC I 70 (Claudius; Rome mint); von Kaenel Type 12, 203 (V159/R – [unlisted rev. die]); Lyon 23 (Claudius; unlisted dies); RSC 2; BMCRE 97-8 (Claudius); BN 3 (Claudius). Toned. Good VF.


From the collection of Professor David R. Beatty, C.M., O.B.E. Ex Barry Feirstein Collection (Part I, Numismatica Ars Classica 39, 16 May 2007), lot 94; Classical Numismatic Group 40 (with Numismatica Ars Classica, 4 December 1996), lot 1379; Numismatica Ars Classica 9 (16 April 1996), lot 815.