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ID:
75001001
[UNVERIFIED]
Type:
Roman Imperial
Issuer:
Nero Claudius Drusus
Date Ruled:
A.D. 54-68
Metal:
Bronze
Denomination:
Sestertius
Struck / Cast:
struck
Date Struck:
AD 51, under Claudius
Weight:
26.21 g
Die Axis:
7 h
Obverse Legend:
NERONI CLAVDIO DRVSO GERMANICO COS DESIGN
Obverse Description:
Bare-headed and draped bust right
Reverse Legend:
EQVESTER / OR DO / PRINCIPI / IVVENT
Reverse Description:
Inscribed shield; vertical spear behind
Mint:
Uncertain Thracian Mint
Primary Reference:
RIC 108
Reference2:
von Kaenel, Thrakien, Type A, N4
Photograph Credit:
Classical Numismatic Group
Source:
http://www.cngcoins.com/Coin.aspx?CoinID=103909
Grade:
VF, red-brown and green patina, smoothed and lightly tooled
Notes:
Sale: CNG 75, Lot: 1001. Latin coins (sestertii and dupondii) in the name of Britannicus, Agrippina Jr., and the young Nero have been found localized in the Balkan region, and were most likely struck at a local mint servicing the legions guarding the border. Only four sestertii of Nero as Caesar were known to von Kaenel: one in the Berlin Museum, one in the British Museum, one in the BibliothÈque National and a fourth that appeared in Sternberg 12 (18-19 November 1982, lot 543). The missing S C is consistent with a provincial coinage not issued under the nominal authority of the Roman Senate. RPC I suggested Perinthus as a possible mint, "if any of them are genuine." Since that volume's publication, more examples from the Balkans have appeared on the market, all of which clearly appear genuine.
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