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ID:     VIII-271
     [UNVERIFIED]
Type:     Roman Imperial
Issuer:     Caligula
Date Ruled:     AD 37-41
Metal:     Silver
Denomination:     Denarius
Struck / Cast:     struck
Date Struck:     AD 40
Weight:     3.74 g
Obverse Legend:     C CAESAR AVG GERM PON M TR POT III COS III
Obverse Description:     Laureate head of Caligula right
Reverse Legend:     [DIV]VS AVG - PATER PATRIAE
Reverse Description:     Radiate head of Divus Augustus right
Mint:     Lugdunum
Primary Reference:     RIC 024
Reference2:     BM 025
Reference3:     Cohen 7
Reference4:     Paris 32
Photograph Credit:     Gemini Numismatic Auctions, LLC
Source:     http://geminiauctions.com
Price Sold For:     4750 USD
Date Sold:     04/14/2011
Grade:     aEF/VF
Notes:     Gemini VIII, Lot 271 Ex Artemide Aste, September 1999, lot 86 . These dies not illustrated in Giard, Lyon (1983), pl. XLI-XLII. Much scarcer than the corresponding denarius dated to Caligula's first tribunician year (37-8 AD) .