Sale: Triton VIII, Lot: 987. Estimate $2000.  Closing Date: Monday, 10 January 2005.  Sold For $1200. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

DIVUS AUGUSTUS. Died 14 AD. Æ Dupondius (15.52 gm, 7h). Rome mint. Struck under Gaius (Caligula), 37-41 AD. DIVVS AVGVSTVS, S C across field, radiate head left / CONSENSV SENAT ET EQ ORDIN P Q R, Gaius (Caligula) seated left on curule chair, holding a laurel branch in extended right hand and globe in left hand. RIC I 56 (Gaius); MIR 3, 11-5; BMCRE 90 (Gaius); BN 137 (Caligula); Cohen 87. EF, mottled green patina with flecks of red, light cleaning scratches. ($2000)

From the Michael Weller Collection.