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ID:
VIII-272
[UNVERIFIED]
Type:
Roman Imperial
Issuer:
Caligula
Date Ruled:
AD 37-41
Metal:
Silver
Denomination:
Denarius
Struck / Cast:
struck
Date Struck:
AD 41
Weight:
3.71 g
Obverse Legend:
C CAESAR AVG GERM PON M TR POT IIII COS IIII
Obverse Description:
Laureate head of Caligula right
Reverse Legend:
GERMANICVS CAES P C CAES AVG GERM
Reverse Description:
Bare head of Germanicus right
Mint:
Lugdunum
Primary Reference:
RIC Unlisted
Photograph Credit:
Gemini Numismatic Auctions, LLC
Source:
http://geminiauctions.com
Price Sold For:
4250 USD
Date Sold:
04/14/2011
Grade:
aEF/VF
Notes:
Gemini Auction VIII, Lot 272 Reverse type apparently unlisted for this issue. Some encrustation. Lightly toned. About EF/VF. Extremely rare denarius of Caligula's fourth consulship, which only lasted from 1 January 41 until his assassination on 24 January, and with a new reverse type for the issue. Giard, Lyon (1983), p. 145, knew no aurei of Caligula at all dated COS IIII, and only four denarii, one in Oxford with reverse Divus Augustus, two in Vienna and Mazzini with reverse Agrippina I, and one in a Bourgey sale of 1913 with reverse SPQR P P OB C S in oak wreath. BM 32 may be a second denarius with this last reverse type, but the reading of the dates in the obverse legend requires confirmation. Our Germanicus reverse type, previously unknown, thus completes the expected set of four denarius reverse types for Caligula's final issue of January 41. The obverse die of our denarius appears to be different from those of BM 32 and the four coins reported by Giard .
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