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LOT 3097
Claudius AE Sestertius. AD 41-54.
Rome mint; struck AD 41-42. TI CLAVDIVS CAESAR AVG P M TR P IMP, laureate head to right / NERO CLAVDIVS DRVSVS GERMAN IMP, The Arch of Nero Claudius Drusus: monumental triumphal arch consisting of a single arch and decorated piers set on raised base with four columns supporting ornate attic; attic containing central pediment decorated with simpulum and litui on either side; clipeus and ewer in flanking panels; attic surmounted by statue of Nero Claudius Drusus on horseback to right between two Germanic trophies, striking downwards with spear held in his right hand; S C across fields. RIC I 98; Cohen 48; BMCRE 122. Near Very Fine.(28.62gr, 36mm, 6h.).
Provenance
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
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