Triton XVII, Lot: 646. Estimate $20000. Sold for $25000. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Gaius (Caligula), with Divus Augustus. AD 37-41. AV Aureus (19mm, 7.77 g, 5h). Lugdunum (Lyon) mint. Struck AD 37-38. C CAESAR • AVG • GERM • P • M • TR • POT •, laureate head of Gaius right / DIVVS • AVG PATER • PATRIAE, radiate head of Augustus right. RIC I 15; Lyon 166; Calicó 332; Biaggi 191; BMCRE 16; BN 17-20. VF, lightly toned, scratches in fields, scrapes on high points and near edge of reverse between 3 and 5 o’clock.

Ex Ars Classica XVII (3 October 1934), lot 699.