Triton XX, Lot: 656. Estimate $2000. Sold for $2500. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Germanicus. Died AD 19. Æ Dupondius (29mm, 17.72 g, 7h). Rome mint. Struck under Gaius (Caligula), AD 37-41. GERMANICVS/CAESAR in two lines above, Germanicus, bareheaded and draped, standing right in chariot, holding eagle-tipped scepter and reins in left hand, driving triumphal quadriga right; chariot decorated with figure of Victory advancing right / SIGNIS RECEP[T]/DEVICTIS GERM in two lines across field, Germanicus, bareheaded, wearing cuirass and short tunic, standing left, right leg bent at knee and drawn back behind left, cloak over left arm, cradling aquila in left arm and extending right hand in gesture of command. RIC I 57 (Gaius); BMCRE 93-100 (Caligula); BN 140-51 (Caligula). Good VF, reddish-brown patina with touches of green, a few minor areas of roughness.

From the Archer M. Huntington Collection, ANS 1001.1.23027.