Triton XXI, Lot: 699. Estimate $1500. Sold for $1600. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Divus Augustus. Died AD 14. Æ Dupondius (30mm, 16.64 g, 7h). Rome mint. Struck under Gaius (Caligula), AD 37-41. DIVVS · AVGVSTVS, radiate head left; S C flanking / CONSENSV SENAT · ET · EQ · ORDIN · P · Q · R, Augustus(?), togate, seated left on curule chair, holding branch in extended right hand and globe(?) in left. RIC I 56 (Gaius); BMCRE 88–91 (Caligula); BN 137–8 (Caligula). Choice EF, glossy dark green-brown surfaces.