Sale: Triton VIII, Lot: 994. Estimate $2000.  Closing Date: Monday, 10 January 2005.  Sold For $3000. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

GERMANICUS, father of Gaius (Caligula), brother of Claudius. Died 19 AD. Æ As (10.82 gm, 7h). Rome mint. Struck under Caligula, 37-38 AD. GERMANICVS CAESAR TI AVG F DIVI AVG, bare head left / C CAESAR AVG GERMANICVS PON M TR POT, large S C across field. RIC I 35 (Gaius); MIR 3, 7-6; BMCRE 49 (Gaius); BN 73 (Caligula); Cohen 1. EF, smooth black-green patina with traces of light green, minor flaw on cheek. ($2000)

From the Michael Weller Collection. Ex James Fox Collection (Classical Numismatic Group 40, 4 December 1996), lot 1366; Nelson Bunker Hunt Collection II (Sotheby's, 21-22 June 1990), lot 676; Hess-Leu 28 (5-6 May 1965), lot 371; Egger XLIII (14 April 1913), lot 372