Triton XIX, Lot: 491. Estimate $3000. Sold for $5500. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Gaius (Caligula), with Divus Augustus. AD 37-41. AR Denarius (19mm, 3.66 g, 11h). Lugdunum (Lyon) mint. 1st emission, AD 37. C • CAESAR • AVG • GERM • P • M • TR • POT COS, bare head of Gaius (Caligula) right / Radiate head of Divus Augustus right, flanked by two stars. RIC I 2; Lyon 157; RSC 11; BMCRE 4-5; BN 3-8. Good VF, toned, minor porosity. Rare.

From the V. Robert Chiodo Collection. Ex Classical Numismatic Review XIX.3 (Third Quarter 1994), no. 384.