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Nero Claudius Drusus (13th January 38 BC - 9 BC)

Nero Claudius Drusus Germanicus, born Decimus Claudius Drusus and variously called Drusus, Drusus I or Drusus the Elder; was the younger son of Livia, wife of Augustus, and her first husband, Tiberius Claudius Nero, and was thus a patrician Claudian on both sides.

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Nero Claudius Drusus 008276

Nero Claudius Drusus 'Equestrian' Denarius
Silver plated, 2.36 grams, 20.37 mm. Lugdunum. AD 41 - 42. Obverse: NERO CLAVDIVS DRVSVS GERMANICVS IMP; laureate head left. Reverse: DE GERM above and on architrave of triumphal arch with two Ionic columns; surmounted by equestrian statue of Nero Claudius Drusus galloping right, holding couched spear; between two trophies, each with captive at base. Possibly struck with a gold aureus die of RIC 69; BMCRE 95; CBN 1; RCV 1892. Plugged; otherwise good very fine.

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