Nero Claudius Drusus another of my favorite coins

Nero Drusus AE sestertius. 36 mm, 22.7 g. NERO CLAVDIVS DRVSVS GERMANICVS IMP, laureate head left / TI CLAVDIVS CAESAR AVG IMP P M TR P, Claudius togate, seated left on curule chair, holding branch, shields and arms around. S-C in ex. RIC 93 var

Excuse the picture quality, I am still learning, thanks for looking,

 

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I have his Wife:


RI ANTONIA Minor AVGVSTA d-Marc Antony w-Nero Claudius Drusus AE Dupondius 28mm 11.8g togate holding simpulum S-C

 

Yes, one of the women of Rome I like, I have a couple of Antonia have not photo her yet!

 

(37mm, 28.5gm 42-43AD)
BMCRE Vol. I, CLAUDIUS, SESTERTIUS, Rome, No. 208 (pl. 36.8)
RIC Vol. I, CLAUDIUS, SESTERTIUS, Rome, No. 109
Obverse depiction: Nero Claudius Drusus, bare head facing left
Inscription: NERO CLAVDIVS DRVSVS GERMANICVS IMP
Reverse depiction: Claudius seated left on curule chair holding olive branch,
weapons and armor sattered beneath
Inscription: TI CLAVDIVS CAESAR AVG PM TRP IMP PP - S C (exergue)
Nero Claudius Drusus was the father of Claudius

 

The style of the OP coin strikes me as odd. Is it barbarous? Who here is comfortable with these?

 

There are a few of these on Forum fake coins:

https://www.forumancientcoins.com/fakes/displayimage.php?album=search&cat=0&pos=34

 

These work:
http://www.forumancientcoins.com/fakes/displayimage.php?pos=-1475
http://www.forumancientcoins.com/fakes/displayimage.php?pos=-15535

http://www.forumancientcoins.com/fakes/displayimage.php?pos=-3907

http://www.forumancientcoins.com/fakes/displayimage.php?pos=-17096

There are others. The good news is many were marked as having been sold as replicas. Of course a mint state replica can be bought and brutalized into a damaged fake sold as real. Dirt, blowtoarch, feed to a goat --- so many ways to add 2000 years to the age.

 

Nice if genuine! At 36 mm, that's a HUGE coin!

 

...with NCAPR countermark. I bought this in 1988 from a younger Frank Robinson. Centering could be better but it is not a coin I ever felt the urge to sell.

 

Done some research, found the coin range from 34mm to 36mm, a few sites that had 36mm was (1) Forum Ancient coins (2) Heritage world coin Auction (3) Classical numismatic Group Auction (4) Roma Numismatic LTD auction, I believe it is genuine, but I will have it checked out!, thanks for bringing it to my attention.

 

Done some research, found the coin range from 34mm to 36mm, a few sites that had 36mm was (1) Forum Ancient coins (2) Heritage world coin Auction (3) Classical numismatic Group Auction (4) Roma Numismatic LTD auction, I believe it is genuine, but I will have it checked out!, thanks for bringing it to my attention.

 

Done some research, found the coin range from 34mm to 36mm, a few sites that had 36mm was (1) Forum Ancient coins (2) Heritage world coin Auction (3) Classical numismatic Group Auction (4) Roma Numismatic LTD auction, I believe it is genuine, but I will have it checked out!, thanks for bringing it to my attention.

 

You can get these mint state without artificial patina for less than 13 Euro

https://www.etsy.com/de/listing/178...nero-claudius-drusus?ref=shop_home_active_252

 

Yes, etsy is to perfect looking, Thanks

 

There should be a law, all replica coins should have copy on them!

 

The first coin in this thread is a modern forgery. We get these in about once every 3 months. They are easily recognizable once you know the dies.

Barry Murphy

 

I ran into a fake Marc Antony, legion VIII silver denarii, you can tell by the edge