★ From the Leo Benz Collection, Lanz 94, 22 November 1999, 169 ★

Nero Claudius Drusus, died 9 BC. Denarius (Silver, 19 mm, 3.63 g, 8 h), Rome, struck under Claudius, 41-45. NERO CLAVDIVS DRVSVS GERMANICVS IMP Laureate head of Nero Claudius Drusus to left. Rev. Triumphal arch surmounted by equestrian statue, holding a long spear with his left hand and raising his right, between two trophies; on architrave DE GERMANIS. BMC 102. Cohen 4. RIC 72. Minor roughness , otherwise, very fine.

From the Leo Benz Collection, Lanz 94, 22 November 1999, 169, privately purchased from J. Schulman in April 1977.

Claudius issued this type in memory of his father Nero Claudius Drusus, who died half a century earlier. The triumphal arch depicted on the reverse was commissioned by Augustus in order to commemorate the victories of his beloved stepson in Germania.