Sale: CNG 70, Lot: 589. Estimate $500.  Closing Date: Wednesday, 21 September 2005.  Sold For $750. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

CAPPADOCIA, Caesarea. Divus Augustus and Germanicus. Died 14 and 19 AD respectively. AR Drachm (3.63 g, 1h). Struck 33/4 or 37/8 AD. DIVVS AVGVS-T(?), radiate head of Augustus left / GERMANICVS C-ES TI AVGV COS II P[M(?)], bare head of Germanicus right, wearing beard. RPC I 3623a; cf. Sydenham, Caesarea 50/51 (obv./rev.); RIC I 61 (Gaius) var. (legends); cf. RSC 1/2 (obv./rev.). VF, light iridescent toning, good metal. ($500)

The date of this issue remains uncertain. RPC places it late in Tiberius' reign, circa 33/4 AD, while the traditional dating, adopted by RIC and Sydenham, is in the first year of Caligula's reign, 37/8 AD.