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Lot 214

Estimate: 875 USD
Price realized: 875 USD
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Nero Claudius Drusus. Denarius; Nero Claudius Drusus; Died 9 BC, Lugdunum, c. 41-47 AD, Denarius, 3.59g. BM-107, Paris-, C-6 (30 Fr., no source cited), RIC-74 (R2). Obv: NERO CLAVDIVS DRVSVS GERMANICVS IMP Head of Drusus l. wearing oak wreath. Rx: [DE] - GE - R - MA - NIS Vexillum behind crossed shields, trumpets, and spears. Rare: not in the Paris collection, only ten specimens listed by von Kaenel, Münzprägung des Claudius, pp. 60-1. These dies are not illustrated by von Kaenel. 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.Struck on a broad flan with complete obverse legend. F
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