Pre-Long Beach Auction #80

Nero Claudius Drusus. Silver Denarius (3.8 g), AD 41-54. Rome, under Claudius, ca. AD 41-45. NERO CLAVDIVS DRVSVS GERMANICVS IMP, laureate head of Nero Claudius Drusus left. Reverse DE GE-R-MA-NIS, two oblong shields crossed, over vexillum, four spears and two trumpets. RIC 74; BMC 107; RSC 6. Well struck and perfectly centered on a full size flan, all delicately toned. Very rare and among the finest known. Superb Extremely Fine.
Estimated Value $20,000 - 25,000.
Ex Imagines Imperatorvm (Aureo & Calicó, 8 February 2012), 13.