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                                69, Lot: 90. GAIUS (CALIGULA), with DIVUS 
                                AUGUSTUS. 37-41 AD. AR Denarius (18mm, 3.43 gm). 
                                Lugdunum (Lyon) mint. Struck 37-38 AD. Estimate 
                                $750. Sold For $489 

                                GAIUS (CALIGULA), with DIVUS AUGUSTUS. 37-41 AD. 
                                AR Denarius (18mm, 3.43 gm). Lugdunum (Lyon) 
                                mint. Struck 37-38 AD. Laureate head of Gaius 
                                (Caligula) right / Radiate head of Divus 
                                Augustus right. RIC I 16; RSC 2. Toned VF, some 
                                pitting, ex jewelry.
                                Gaius, the youngest, and only surviving son of 
                                Germanicus and Agrippina Sr., became emperor at 
                                only 25 years of age. Although he had long been 
                                admired by his father's legions (they had given 
                                him the nickname Caligula), since, as a small 
                                child, he had accompanied his father and mother 
                                to the front, he lacked the first-hand military 
                                experience of his father, great-uncle, and 
                                great-grandfather. Gaius, therefore, relied on 
                                dynastic association to win the support of the 
                                military and people of Rome. Accordingly, many 
                                of his coins recall his dynastic connections to 
                                both the Julians and the Claudians, and this 
                                type emphasizes his relationship to the founder 
                                of the empire, his great-grandfather Augustus.






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From CNG e-Auction #69, closed 23 July, 2003, re-used By permission of CNG, www.cngcoins.com.