Triton XIV, Lot: 642. Estimate $3000. Sold for $4750. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Gaius (Caligula), with Agrippina Senior. AD 37-41. AR Denarius (18mm, 3.73 g, 8h). Lugdunum (Lyon) mint. Struck AD 37-38. C • CAESAR • AVG • GERM • P • M • TR • POT, laureate head of Gaius (Caligula) right / AGRIPPINA • MA[T • C • CA]ES • AVG • GERM, draped bust of Agrippina right, wearing hair in waves from brow downwards and knotted in a long plait at the back, one lock falls loose down the neck. RIC I 14 (Rome mint); Lyon 169; RSC 2; BMCRE 15; BN 24-6. Good VF, attractively toned, a few light scratches under tone on reverse. A pair of bold portraits.

From the Collection of a Northern California Gentleman.