Claudius I (AD 41-54). AE sestertius (36mm, 26.66 gm, 7h). NGC Choice VF 5/5 - 2/5. Rome, AD 50-54. TI•CLAVDIVS•CAESAR•AVG•P•M•TR•P•IMP•P•P•, laureate head of Claudius I right / NERO CLAVDIVS DRVSVS GERMAN IMP, triumphal arch surmounted by equestrian statue spearing downward right, between two trophies; S-C across fields. RIC I 114. Ex Morris Collection (Heritage Auctions, Auction 271920, 26 May 2019), lot 40112 Nero Claudius Drusus was the second son of Livia by her first husband, and was brought up in the household of Augustus, who took note of his abilities. In 16 BC he was married to Antonia, daughter of Mark Antony and Octavia, and the happy union produced two sons, Germanicus and the future emperor Claudius. In 12 BC, Augustus gave him command of the planned conquest of Germany, which he seemed to have achieved in four skillfully waged campaigns over the next three years. But Drusus never returned to Rome, for a serious equestrian accident led to an infection which claimed his life in the summer of 9 BC. Despite his republican leanings, his brother Tiberius and son Claudius both became Roman emperors, the latter of whom struck this magnificent sestertius in AD 41-42, with a reverse honoring the German conquests of his illustrious father.

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