Hello, I just bought a Drusus sestertius that has a different reverse legend that RIC 93 , the ‘’IMP’’ is after the ‘’AVG’’ and not at the end , like this : TI CLAVDIVS CAESAR AVG IMP P M TR P Have you ever seen a reverse legend like this ? , I didn't find one.... Is this a real ancient coin for you ? Diameter = 36 mm Weight = 22,70 grams Thank you !
Nice! NERO CLAUDIUS DRUSUS AE Sestertius OBVERSE: NERO CLAVDIVS DRVSVS GERMANICVS IMP, bare head left REVERSE: TI CLAVDIVS CAESAR AVG PM TR P IMP P P, Claudius seated left on curule chair, holding branch, surrounded by arms. SC in exergue Rome 41BC-2 AD 28.6g, 36mm RIC 109 [Claudius], Cohen 8, BMC 208
I don't see that legend listed in ERIC but I do see it in Forum's Fakes section . I didn't scrutinize the fakes to see if they match your coin, nor do I know if ERIC's legend listings are complete. http://www.forumancientcoins.com/fakes/displayimage.php?album=search&cat=0&pos=22 http://www.forumancientcoins.com/fakes/displayimage.php?album=search&cat=0&pos=24 http://www.forumancientcoins.com/fakes/displayimage.php?album=search&cat=0&pos=30
Technically we should not call this man Drusus but the full Nero Claudius Drusus. Drusus is what we call the son of Tiberius while Nero Claudius Drusus was Tiberius' brother and father of Claudius who issued the coin in his honor. Why is it that these come commonly with and without PP after IMP but Cohen only listed them with and dealers now seem to ignore the matter and call both Cohen 8 not 8var for the no PP coin? Generally, it seems to me the PP reverse coins have a portrait a bit more narrow. I'm missing something here. Are the no-PP coins not official? https://www.cngcoins.com/Coin.aspx?CoinID=48839 https://www.cngcoins.com/Coin.aspx?CoinID=24635
Nice coin Bing ! , a heavy one Before buying the coin I made some research on some fakes sections , paduan examples ,..... I didn’t find something. I saw that Drusus RIC 114 on wildwinds.com has two obverse legend versions, one is with IMP immediately after AVG , like mine : TI CLAVDIVS CAESAR AVG IMP TR P P P http://www.wildwinds.com/coins/ric/nero_claudius_drusus/RIC_0114.1.jpg TI CLAVDIVS CAESAR AVG PM TR P IMP P P http://www.wildwinds.com/coins/ric/nero_claudius_drusus/RIC_0114.jpg
http://www.wildwinds.com/coins/ric/nero_claudius_drusus/RIC_0114.1.txt http://www.wildwinds.com/coins/ric/nero_claudius_drusus/RIC_0114.1.jpg Who sold this one?
Finaly I found another one, the obverse seems to be from the same die as mine. weight: 25.25 gm. diameter: 35 mm The coin is sold on ebay , item number:222738573789
Hello, thanks to Dane from wildwinds both examples are now identified as RIC 93 var http://www.wildwinds.com/coins/ric/nero_claudius_drusus/t.html
