Details
Caligula (AD 37-41), Gold Quinarius, 3.9 gms., mint of Lugdunum, struck c. AD 37-38, C CAESAR AVG GERMANICVS, laureate head right, rev. PM TR POT ITER, Victory seated right on globe holding wreath in both hands (RIC 5 Rarity 3), obverse legend die had been reengraved from C. CAESAR AVG GERM PM TR POT, a form not found in the denomination, scruff on edge, very fine and extremely rare
Provenance
H. Montagu Collection, Paris, 1896, lot 133
H. Hoffman Collection, lot 1311
J. Tyszkiewicz Collection, R. Serrure, Paris, June 25, 1901, lot 64
J. Hirsch XXIX, 1910, lot 930
J. Hirsch, Ars Classica XVII, 1934, lot 698
Property of a Lady, Christie's London, October 9, 1984, lot 6
H. Hoffman Collection, lot 1311
J. Tyszkiewicz Collection, R. Serrure, Paris, June 25, 1901, lot 64
J. Hirsch XXIX, 1910, lot 930
J. Hirsch, Ars Classica XVII, 1934, lot 698
Property of a Lady, Christie's London, October 9, 1984, lot 6