Triton XXII, Lot: 1001. Estimate $5000. Sold for $5500. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Gaius (Caligula), with Divus Augustus. AD 37-41. AR Denarius (18.5mm, 3.69 g, 4h). Lugdunum (Lyon) mint. 1st emission, AD 37. C • CΛESΛR • ΛVG • GERM P • M • TR • POT COS, bare head of Gaius (Caligula) right / Radiate head of Divus Augustus right, between two six-pointed stars. RIC I 2; Lyon 157; RSC 11; BMCRE 4-5; BN 3-8. EF, areas of light porosity, a few contact marks on obverse, reverse slightly off center. Rare.

From the DMS Collection. Ex Waddell FPL 101 (December 2005), no. 50.