Watch List notes:

Nero Claudius Drusus. Died 9 BC. AV Aureus (18mm, 7.77 g, 6h). Lugdunum (Lyon) mint. Struck under Claudius, AD 41-42. NERO CLAVDIVS • DRVSVS • GERMANICVS • IMP, head left, wearing oak wreath (corona civica) / DE above and GERM on architrave of triumphal arch surmounted by equestrian statue right, holding spear in right hand, between two trophies, each with seated and bound captive at foot. RIC I 69 (Claudius; Rome) var. (laureate); von Kaenel Type 12, 184.203 (V143/R147 – this coin, illustrated); Lyon 22/2a (D84/R– [unlisted rev. die]); Calicó 315; BMCRE 95 (Claudius; Rome) var. (same); BN 2 (same obv. die); Adda 17; Biaggi 180; Mazzini 1. Toned, a number of edge marks. Good VF. Rare.

From the Peter J. Merani Collection. Ex Freeman & Sear Inventory R4515 (1 July 2005); Collection A (Platt FPL, undated [1930]), no. 1098 (priced at 1,950 fr.); Bourgey (7 December 1908), lot 362.