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Gaius (Caligula), with Divus Augustus. AD 37-41. AR Denarius (18mm, 3.65 g, 3h). Lugdunum (Lyon) mint. Last emission, from 1 January AD 41.
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CNG Feature Auction 120
Live bidding began May 11, 2022 at 9:00 AM EDT
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Gaius (Caligula), with Divus Augustus. AD 37-41. AR Denarius (18mm, 3.65 g, 3h). Lugdunum (Lyon) mint. Last emission, from 1 January AD 41. C CAES[AR AVG] PON M • TR • POT • IIII • COS • IIII •, laureate head of Gaius (Caligula) right / DIVVS • AVG • PATER • PATRIAE •, radiate head of Divus Augustus right. RIC I 31 (Rome); Lyon 185 (unlisted dies); RSC 8; BMCRE p. 150 note †; BN –. Toned, minor marks, lightly polished. Good VF. Very rare, Lyon lists only one example (in the Ashmolean), six additional in CoinArchives.
From the Trevor Hadley Collection. Ex Baldwin’s 50 (24 April 2007), lot 91 (hammer $7010).
The final winners of all CNG 120 lots will be determined at the live online sale that will be held on 11-12 May 2022. CNG 120 – Session Three – Roman Republican and Imperatorial Coinage through Early Medieval and Islamic Coinage will be held Thursday morning, 12 May 2022 beginning at 9:00 AM ET.
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From the Trevor Hadley Collection. Ex Baldwin’s 50 (24 April 2007), lot 91 (hammer $7010).
The final winners of all CNG 120 lots will be determined at the live online sale that will be held on 11-12 May 2022. CNG 120 – Session Three – Roman Republican and Imperatorial Coinage through Early Medieval and Islamic Coinage will be held Thursday morning, 12 May 2022 beginning at 9:00 AM ET.
Winning bids are subject to a 20% buyer's fee for bids placed on this website and 22.50% for all others.
We recognize that our users may have various Internet Browsers and Operating Systems. We like our visitors to have the best possible experience when using our bidding platform. However, we do recognize that it is impossible to develop applications that work identically, efficiently and effectively on all web browsers. The CNG bidding platform supports the latest stable major version and the stable previous version of Mozilla Firefox and Chrome.
