Triton XXII, Lot: 1003. Estimate $15000. Sold for $21000. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Gaius (Caligula). AD 37-41. AV Aureus (18mm, 7.56 g, 4h). Lugdunum (Lyon) mint. Special emission, January AD 40. C CAESAR • AVG • PON • M • TR • POT • III • COS • III, laureate head right / S • P • Q • R •/ P • P/ OB • C • S • in three lines within oak wreath. RIC I 27 (Rome); Lyon 182 (unlisted dies); Calicó 329; BMCRE 29-30 (Rome); BN 37-8; Biaggi 189. Near VF, a few marks.

From the Heath Collection.