127, Lot: 247. Estimate $75. Sold for $77. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

GERMANICUS, father of Gaius (Caligula). Died 19 AD. Æ Dupondius (29mm, 13.15 g, 7h). Rome mint. Struck under Caligula, 37-41 AD. Germanicus in ornamented slow quadriga right / Germanicus advancing left, raising hand and holding legionary eagle. RIC I 57 (Caligula); BMCRE 94 (Caligula); Cohen 7. Fine, green and brown patina, rough surfaces.

This issue commemorates, in part, Germanicus' recovery of the legionary standards lost in northern Germany under Varus in 9 AD.