Bertolami Fine Art
Auction 12 29-30 October 2014
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Drusus Maior (Claudius, 41-54), Sestertius, Rome, AD 50-54; AE (g 27,94; mm 35; h 5); NERO CLAVDIVS DRVSVS GERMANICVS IMP, bare head l., Rv. TI CLAVDIVS CAESAR AVG P M TR P IMP P P, Claudius togate, seated l. on curule chair and holding branch; around, miscellaneous weapons and armors; below, S C. RIC 109; C 8.
Bolt portrait, brownish patina, good extremely fine.
The sestertius is, for the representation on the obverse, commemorating Drusus Major, Claudius' father, while on the reverse is the representation of the emperor sitting around weapons that allude to his military successes and his expansionist policy. The coin is dated to the last years of his reign 50-54 AD, for the presence of PP on the reverse. The sella curulis on which is sitting the emperor is symbol of the judicial power, that he practised carefully, weapons are probably refered to his most important conquest, that of Britannia, while the branch is symbol of victory, but also peace.
Bolt portrait, brownish patina, good extremely fine.
The sestertius is, for the representation on the obverse, commemorating Drusus Major, Claudius' father, while on the reverse is the representation of the emperor sitting around weapons that allude to his military successes and his expansionist policy. The coin is dated to the last years of his reign 50-54 AD, for the presence of PP on the reverse. The sella curulis on which is sitting the emperor is symbol of the judicial power, that he practised carefully, weapons are probably refered to his most important conquest, that of Britannia, while the branch is symbol of victory, but also peace.