Nero & Drusus Caesar. Died AD 31 and 33, respectively. Æ Dupondius (29mm, 15.59 g, 6h). Rome mint. Struck under Gaius (Caligula), AD 40-41. Nero and Drusus Caesar on horseback riding right, cloaks flying / C • CAESAR • DIVI • AVG • PRON • AVG • P • M • TR • P • IIII • P • P around large S • C. RIC I 49 (Gaius) corr. (rev. legend). Red-brown patina, traces of die rust, light smoothing. Near EF. Exceptional in hand. Ex Ernst Ploil Collection (Part III, Numismatica Ars Classica 101, 24 October 2017), lot 107 (hammer 2750 CHF); Künker 83 (17 June 2003), lot 752.
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