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Triton XIV, Lot: 638. Estimate $1500.
Sold for $3750. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Germanicus. Died AD 19. Æ Dupondius (28mm, 14.40 g, 7h). Rome mint. Struck under Gaius (Caligula), AD 37-41. GERMANICVS/CAESAR in two lines above, Germanicus, bare-headed and draped, standing right in chariot, holding eagle-tipped scepter in left hand, driving triumphal quadriga right; chariot decorated with figure of Victory advancing right, shield in front of her / SIGNIS RECEP[T]/DEVICTIS GERM in two lines across field, Germanicus, bare-headed, wearing cuirass and short tunic, standing left, right leg bent at knee and drawn back behind left, cloak over left arm, cradling aquila in left arm and extending right hand in gesture of command. RIC I 57 (Gaius); BMCRE 93-100 (Caligula); BN 140-51 (Caligula). Good VF, handsome red-brown patina.