Cover Coin for the New Edition of RIC I

CNG 112, Lot: 587. Estimate $1000. Sold for $8000. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Divus Augustus. Died AD 14. Æ Dupondius (29mm, 15.60 g, 6h). Rome mint. Struck under Gaius (Caligula), AD 37-41. Radiate head of Divus Augustus left / Augustus seated left on curule chair, holding branch. RIC I 56 (Gaius). Brown patina, some porosity. Near EF. The obverse and reverse of this coin are illustrated on the front cover of the dust jacket of The Roman Imperial Coinage Volume 1 (Spink 2018 edition).