Since I didn't have a Drusus and he was one of the ablest Roman commanders, I couldn't resist in getting this one: AE Sestertius, Uncertain Thracian mint 50(?) - 54 AD 37 mm, 26.65 g, 6h BMC 208, BNat II (Paris) Nr. 198-203 (42-43 AD); RIC 2nd edition 109; Cohen I, 8 Ex Curtis L. Clay Collection; ex CNG E322, 12 March 2014, E Auction 507 The same RIC number, covers Rome and at least three major provincial mints without P P, and Rome, the Spanish mint, and the Thracian mint with P P in the legend on the reverse. Ob.: NERO CLAVDIVS DRVSVS GERMANICVS IMP Bare head of Drusus to l. Rev.: TI CLAVDIVS CAESAR AVG PM•TRP•IMP•PP•S•C• upside down in exergue. Claudius togate seated to l. on curule chair resting on globe, against which leans a parazonium (sword), and holding a laurel branch in r. hand. The emperor places his foot on cuirass, and scattered at his feet and under chair is military equipment: shields, spears and a helmet. Picture courtesy HJB: and then I rummaged through the pick-bin (that was so fun) at HJB and got 6 coins to attribute. Don't know if I'll be able to attribute all 6. This is the only one, (a byzantine nummis - I don't have many byzantine coins) I have attributed: Anastasius I Dicorus AE Nummis, Constantinople, 512 – 517 AD 33 x 34 mm, 15.51 g Sear 20; DOC 23C or DOC 20B Ob.: DN ANASTASIVS PP AVG Diademed, draped, and cuirassed bust to r. Rev.: Large M (Greek numeral for 40), dot over star at left, cross above, dot over star at right, letter B below. Mintmark CON Please share your Drusus, Anastasius I or anything you deem relevant
Fantastic Drusus! Tiberius & Drusus ( 14 - 37 A.D.) AR Drachm CAPPADOCIA, Caesarea-Eusebia O: [TI C]AES AVG PM TRP XXXV, Laureate head of Tiberius right. R: DRVSVS CAES TI] AVG F COS II R P, Head of Drusus left. Caesarea in Cappadocia mint 33- 34 A.D. 3.47g 19mm RIC I 87; RPC I 3622. Syd 46
That is quite an attractive sestertius of DRVSUS - nice surfaces and well detailed portrait. Congratulations! Drusus established around 12-13 BC a permanent Legionary settlement in Mainz/Mogontiacvm, (across the river from me). He died young, leading his soldiers in excursions across the Rhine. His legionaires erected a structure to honor his memory. Part of this structure stands to this day in Mainz, it is called the Drususstein. Here is a picture of this structure, as well as some coins in his name, or related to him, in my collection.
Awesome coins @Eduard. Thank you so much for sharing them and the picture of the Drususstein. Drusus surely was an impressive commander and personality, enormously popular among his soldiers. The German imprecation "Das dich der Drus hole" may be traced to the misery that Drusus brought upon the Germanic tribes.
That is a superb coin, @cmezner ! I have been studying the Clay Collection offerings since it went live. There are several coins that I hope will make it to bidding, but the one I wanted most was already bought outright (Vespasian/Titus Judaea Capta Denarius Mule = RIC 368, which would've perfectly fit my two favorite subcollections, "plate coins" & "barbarians & captives"). While I don't have any coins from the Curtis Clay Collection, I do have many cataloged by him (like anyone who buys Roman coins from HJBerk)! I like Alexandrian coins, so my personal favorite catalog he wrote was the Gemini XIII (the Art Institute of Chicago / Robert L. Grover De-Accession Sale, many coins from which were ex-Dattari). Gemini XIII on Issuu; Lots on ACSearch (#378-490 for AIC/Grover). These are mine, originally from Gemini XIII group lots: And an article offprint -- "Nilus and the Four Seasons on a New As of Septimius Severus" from the Numismatic Chronicle, 1970 (available on JSTOR) -- signed by Curtis Clay & inscribed to Luke Scholing of J. Schulman, Amsterdam (after which it somehow made it into the Library of Lanz Numismatik, from which I bought it). A prior draft won the 1969 Barclay Head Prize for Numismatics at Oxford: Finally, here is my Nero Claudius Drusus Sestertius -- far inferior to the OP coin!!
