Sale: Nomos 8, Lot: 217. Estimate CHF1000. Closing Date: Monday, 21 October 2013. Sold For CHF1100. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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Germanicus Caesar. 15 BC-AD 19. Dupondius (Bronze, 32mm, 15.69 g 7), Rome, minted under Caligula, 37-41. GERMANICVS CAESAR Germanicus, draped and holding a scepter, standing right in chariot drawn by four horses walking to right.
Rev. SIGNIS - RECEPTIS / DEVICTIS - GERM / S - C Germanicus, bare-headed and cuirassed, standing left, raising his right hand and holding an aquila with his left. BMC 93 (Caligula). BN 140 (Caligula). Cohen 7. RIC 57(Caligula). Attractive greenish-red patina with some roughness. Extremely fine.
From a northern European collection, ex Lanz 128, 22 May 2006, 245.