Sale: Triton VIII, Lot: 1002. Estimate $3000.  Closing Date: Monday, 10 January 2005.  Sold For $2400. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

CLAUDIUS. 41-54 AD. Æ Sestertius (28.58 gm, 7h). Rome mint. TI CLAVDIVS CAESAR AVG P M TR P IMP P P, laureate head right / NERO CLAVDIVS DRVSVS GERMAN IMP, S C across field, Arch of Nero Claudius Drusus: triumphal arch consisting of single arch and decorated piers set on raised base with four columns supporting ornate attic; attic contains central pediment decorated with simpulum and litui on either side; clippeus and ewer in flanking panels; arch surmounted by equestrian statue of Nero Claudius Drusus rearing right, spearing downward; trophies consisting of Gallic helmets and shields flanking. RIC I 114; von Kaenel 519 (V422/R474); BMCRE 188; BN 213; Cohen 48. VF, mottled green, red, and brown surfaces, some roughness, smoothed. ($3000)

From the Michael Weller Collection.

The Arch of Nero Claudius Drusus was erected by order of the Senate sometime after the death of Drusus in 9 BC. Located on the Via Appia, it commemorated his victories along the German frontier. Eventually, the presence of the arch may have lent its name to the surrounding region, known colloquially known as the vicus Drusianus (Drusus' district). By the late fourth century AD, the arch itself may have survived as the arch then known the arcus Recordationis (Arch of Remembrance).