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Caligula and Divus Augustus. Denarius.
37-41 AD. Denarius, 3.74g (2h). Lugdunum, 37 AD. Obv: C CAESAR AVG GERM P M TR POT COS Bare head of Caligula right. Rx: No legend, radiate head of Divus Augustus right between two stars. BMC 4. Paris 3. Cohen 11 (12 Fr.). RIC 2. From the same reverse die (R29) as Giard, Monnayage de Lyon, pl. XXXVII, 157/15a; our obverse die not in Giard. NGC 4624985-009. Ex Gemini III, 9 January 2007, lot 343; ex Sotheby's, New York, Nelson Bunker Hunt Collection, Part IV, 19-20 June 1991, lot 690; ex Leu 25, 23 April 1980, lot 244. "Caligula at first intended to bestow on Tiberius similar honours to those enjoyed by Augustus, but desisted in face of the passive resistance of the Senate. The two stars (on his earliest aurei and denarii) suggest two 'divi', Augustus and (Tiberius)" (Mattingly, BMC I, p. cxliv). Exceptional portraits. Toned EF.
37-41 AD. Denarius, 3.74g (2h). Lugdunum, 37 AD. Obv: C CAESAR AVG GERM P M TR POT COS Bare head of Caligula right. Rx: No legend, radiate head of Divus Augustus right between two stars. BMC 4. Paris 3. Cohen 11 (12 Fr.). RIC 2. From the same reverse die (R29) as Giard, Monnayage de Lyon, pl. XXXVII, 157/15a; our obverse die not in Giard. NGC 4624985-009. Ex Gemini III, 9 January 2007, lot 343; ex Sotheby's, New York, Nelson Bunker Hunt Collection, Part IV, 19-20 June 1991, lot 690; ex Leu 25, 23 April 1980, lot 244. "Caligula at first intended to bestow on Tiberius similar honours to those enjoyed by Augustus, but desisted in face of the passive resistance of the Senate. The two stars (on his earliest aurei and denarii) suggest two 'divi', Augustus and (Tiberius)" (Mattingly, BMC I, p. cxliv). Exceptional portraits. Toned EF.