Gemini III, January 9th, 2007



                  Lot # 343 - Auction is closed.Estimate: US$5500 / Price 
                  Realized: US$6055 
                  Caligula. Silver denarius 



             



            Caligula. (37-41 AD). Silver denarius (3.75 gm). Lugdunum, 37 AD. C 
            CAESAR AVG GERM P M TR POT COS, bare head right / No legend, radiate 
            head of Divus Augustus right between two stars. BMCRE 4. CBN 3. 
            Cohen 11 (12 Fr.) RIC 2. Giard, Lyon, 157/15a, Pl. XXXVII (same 
            reverse die). Small die break in obverse field below Caligula’s 
            chin. About extremely fine. 

            Ex Sotheby’s, New York, Nelson Bunker Hunt Collection, Part IV, 
            19-20 June 1991, lot 690; ex Leu 25, 1980, lot 244. 




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  ... Lot 343 sold for high bid of $6055 [ $6963.25, or approx 5382.59225 EUR, 3551.2575 GBP including the 15% buyers fee.] 


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