Exceptional Julio-Claudian Portraiture

572504.

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Gaius (Caligula), with Divus Augustus. AD 37-41. AR Denarius (3.44 g). Lugdunum (Lyon) mint. Struck 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. Attractively toned, a few old marks. Good VF. Fantastic portraits.

Ex Peus 340 (30 April 1994), lot 798.