CNG 102, Lot: 861. Estimate $2000. Sold for $3000. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Gaius (Caligula), with Divus Augustus. AD 37-41. AR Denarius (18mm, 3.63 g, 7h). Lugdunum (Lyon) mint. 2nd emission, AD 37-38. Laureate head of Gaius (Caligula) right / Radiate head of Divus Augustus right. RIC I 16 (Rome); Lyon 167; RSC 2. VF, dark find patina, areas of minor roughness.

From the J. Eric Engstrom Collection.