Divus Augustus Æ Dupondius. Rome, AD 37-41. DIVVS•AVGVSTVS, radiate head left; large S-C across fields / CONSENSV • SENAT • ET • EQ • ORDIN • P • Q • R •, Augustus(?) or Caligula, laureate and togate, seated left on curule chair, holding olive branch in right hand and globe in left. RIC (Gaius) 56; C. 87; BMCRE (Gaius) 88; BN (Gaius) 137. 15.54g, 29mm, 6h.

Extremely Fine; a superb example of the type, and one of the very best to have been auctioned in recent years.

From the Long Valley River Collection;
Ex Classical Numismatic Group, Triton XX, 10 January 2017, lot 644;
Ex Ars Classica S.A., Auction XVI, 3 July 1933, lot 1588 (expertly conserved since);
Ex M.P. Vautier & Prof. M. Collignon Collection, Naville & Cie., Auction II, 12-14 June 1922, lot 96.