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Triton XX Sessions 1 & 2  10 January 2017
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Lot 655

Estimate: 2000 USD
Price realized: 3000 USD
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Germanicus. Died AD 19. Æ Dupondius (28.5mm, 14.36 g, 7h). Rome mint. Struck under Gaius (Caligula), AD 37-41. GERMANICVS/CAESAR in two lines above, Germanicus, bareheaded and draped, standing right in chariot, holding eagle-tipped scepter and reins in left hand, driving triumphal quadriga right; chariot decorated with figure of Victory advancing right, shield in front of her to right / SIGNIS RECEP[T]/DEVICTIS GERM in two lines across field, Germanicus, bareheaded, wearing cuirass and short tunic, standing left, right leg bent at knee and drawn back behind left, cloak over left arm, cradling aquila in left arm and extending right hand in gesture of command. RIC I 57 (Gaius); BMCRE 93-100 (Caligula); BN 140-51 (Caligula). Good VF, handsome red-brown patina.


From the Kallman Collection. Ex Triton XIV (4 January 2011), lot 638.
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