Details
LOT 3096
Gaius (Caligula), with Divus Augustus AR Denarius. AD 37-41.
Lugdunum mint. Struck AD 40. C CAESAR • AVG • PON • M • TR • POT • III • COS • III, laureate head of Gaius (Caligula) to right / [DIVVS] AVG PATER PATRIAE, radiate head of Divus Augustus to right. RIC I 24; Lyon 177; RSC 7. Near Very Fine. Rare.(3.20gr, 19mm, 6h.).
Provenance
Found by Robin Sykes in Yorkshire, UK, on 3 April 2006.
Recorded with Simon Holmes at the Yorkshire Museum.
Accompanied by an illustrated identification card by Jim Halliday.
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