*Gaius Caligula (37-41), aureus, Lugdunum, 37-38, c caesar avg germ p m tr pot, laureate head of Caligula right, rev., divvs avg pater patriae, radiate head of Augustus right, 7.81g (RIC 15; BMC 16; C. 1; Calico 332), some scuff marks but well centred, almost extremely fine and rare With its reverse depicting Augustus, his great-grandfather on his mother's side, this forms part of a dynastic series of coins issued by Caligula with others depicting his parents Germanicus and Agrippina Senior and his brothers Nero and Drusus Caesars. It has been suggested that the type depicting a portrait very much like Augustus placed between two stars but with no identifying inscription might in fact be Tiberius, with the stars representing the deified Augustus and Julius Caesar.
Estimate: £30,000 - 50000