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Nero Claudius Drusus (38-9 BC). AR denarius (18mm, 3.64 gm, 9h). NGC Choice AU 4/5 - 3/5. Rome, ca. AD 41-45. NERO CLAVDIVS DRVSVS GERMANICVS IMP, head of Nero Claudius Drusus left, wreathed in oak / DE GE-R-MA-NIS, two oblong shields crossed in foreground, vexillum with waving banner, four crossed spears and two crossed trumpets behind. RIC I (Claudius I) 74. Magnificent portrait, areas of toning around devices.
Although RIC specifically describes the banner as still on the denarius module, sales archives show there are two distinct varieties - one with banner still, and one in motion, as on this specimen and the description for the aureus (RIC 73). The wreath worn by Drusus, misidentified as a laurel wreath until recognized as oak by D. Salzmann in 1976, was presumably a posthumous honor voted to him by the Senate. The reverse on this issue celebrates his German campaign, for which his eldest son was renamed Germanicus.
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Estimate: 4000-6000 USD
Nero Claudius Drusus (38-9 BC). AR denarius (18mm, 3.64 gm, 9h). NGC Choice AU 4/5 - 3/5. Rome, ca. AD 41-45. NERO CLAVDIVS DRVSVS GERMANICVS IMP, head of Nero Claudius Drusus left, wreathed in oak / DE GE-R-MA-NIS, two oblong shields crossed in foreground, vexillum with waving banner, four crossed spears and two crossed trumpets behind. RIC I (Claudius I) 74. Magnificent portrait, areas of toning around devices.
Although RIC specifically describes the banner as still on the denarius module, sales archives show there are two distinct varieties - one with banner still, and one in motion, as on this specimen and the description for the aureus (RIC 73). The wreath worn by Drusus, misidentified as a laurel wreath until recognized as oak by D. Salzmann in 1976, was presumably a posthumous honor voted to him by the Senate. The reverse on this issue celebrates his German campaign, for which his eldest son was renamed Germanicus.
https://coins.ha.com/itm/ancients/roman-imperial/ancients-nero-claudius-drusus-38-9-bc-ar-denarius-18mm-364-gm-9h-ngc-choice-au-4-5-3-5/a/3089-32172.s?type=CoinArchives3089
HID02906262019
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Estimate: 4000-6000 USD