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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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Claudius, struck in the name of Nero Claudius Drusus 'Claudius Seated' Sestertius 021277

Claudius, struck in the name of Nero Claudius Drusus 'Claudius Seated' Sestertius
Bronze, 16.85 grams, 34.77 mm. Rome. 41-50 AD. Obverse: NERO CLAVDIVS DRVSVS GERMANICVS IMP, bare head of Claudius' father left. Reverse: TI CLAVDIVS CAESAR AVG PM TR P IMP, Claudius, bare-headed and togate, seated left on curule chair, holding out branch with right hand, miscellaneous weapons and armour strewn around. RIC I, 93; BMC 157; Sear 1896. Good fine/fine.

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