2 unlisted TRP IIII Caligulan AR's. (
Germanicus reverse head right and
reverse S • P• Q • R •/P P/OB • C • S • in three lines within oak
wreath). http://www.ancientcoins.ca/RIC/ Click on
Caligula and look for unlisted?
I have been known to get emotional about
Julio Claudian coin collecting, but no more then i do when bidding on CCAESARS precious metals. (The One that got away!) See my small blog on a TRP IIII AR. https://www.forumancientcoins.com/numiswiki/view.asp?key=Caligulas%20Denarii%20from%2041%20A.D.-%20%20C%20CAESAR%20%95%20AVG%20%95%20PON%20%95%20M%20%95%20TR%20%95%20POT%20IIII%20COS%20%95%20IIII-%20%20Joe%20Geranio
WHEN I THINK OF HOLDING IN MY HAND A PIECE OF
HISTORY FROM BETWEEN JAN1 -JAN 24 41 A.D. IT SHOULD ADD SOME VALUE TO THE COIN? IT SEEMS TO BE THE MOST UNDER RATED DATE ON
CALIGULA'S AR's.
Caligula and
Divus Augustus. 37-41 AD.
Denarius, 3.71g. (h).
Lugdunum, 41 AD.
Obv: C
CAESAR AVG GERM PON M TR POT IIII
COS IIII Laureate
head of
Caligula right. Rx:
GERMANICVS CAES
P C CAES AVG GERM Bare head of
Germanicus right.
Reverse type apparently unlisted for this issue. Some encrustation. Lightly
toned. About EF/VF.
Extremely rare denarius of Caligula's fourth consulship, which only lasted from 1 January 41 until his assassination on 24 January, and with a new
reverse type for the issue.
Giard, Lyon (1983), p. 145, knew no aurei of Caligula at all dated COS IIII, and
only four denarii, one in Oxford with reverse Divus Augustus, two in Vienna and Mazzini with reverse Agrippina I, and one in a Bourgey sale of 1913 with reverse SPQR P P OB C S in oak wreath. BM 32 may be a second denarius with this last reverse type, but the reading of the dates in the obverse legend requires confirmation. Our Germanicus reverse type, previously unknown, thus completes the expected set of four denarius reverse types for Caligula's final issue of January 41. The
obverse die of our
denarius appears to be different from those of BM 32 and the four coins reported by Giard . GEMINI SALE
http://www.geminiauction.comThe 3rd photo here is the "one that got away from me" In CNGs sale. Here is a
CNG note: Gaius (
Caligula). AD 37-41. AR
Denarius (3.62 g, 5h).
Rome mint. Struck January AD 41. C
CAESAR •
AVG • PON • M • TR •
POT IIII
COS • IIII, laureate
head right / S • P• Q • R •/P P/OB • C • S • in three lines within oak
wreath.
RIC I -;
RIC I (1st ed.) 7 =
BMCRE 32 =
RSC 23a. VF, lightly
toned, scattered marks, minor
porosity. Extremely
rare final issue, the third known.
Ex
Triton IX (10 January 2006), lot 1392.
Although the first of these three
rare coins, the British Museum piece, was cataloged in the first edition of
RIC I, it was left out of the revised edition. In that edition, Giard notes (p. 110, note *) that the BM piece was a misreading of
TR POT III
COS III. In fact, the first edition was correct, the piece was not misdescribed. The second known example of this
type was sold as lot 56 in the Bourgey sale of 17 December 1913. Ironically, Bourgey misdescribed that coin as
TR POT III
COS III.
JOE GERANIO
JCIA
2nd PHOTO-
p.s. Unlisted? see: Unlisted
AR
denarius -
RIC I, - SEE: http://www.ancientcoins.ca/RIC/ THEN click on
Caligula, almost half way down page with this photo from
CNG>
Gaius (
Caligula), with
Germanicus. AD 37-41. AR
Denarius (3.46 g, 6h).
Lugdunum (
Lyon)
mint. Struck January AD 41. C
CAESAR AVG PONT TR POT IIII
COS IIII, Laureate
head of Gaius (
Caligula) right /
GERMANICVS CAES
P C CAES AVG GERM,
Bare head of
Germanicus right.
RIC I 30/26 (for obv./rev.
type);
Lyon 185/181 (for obv./rev.
type);
RSC -. (text courtesy
CNG)
In Gemini sale in 2011 4/14 this issue from Gemini photo 1 sold for $4,250.
In
CNG sale in 2008 9/17 this is from
CNG sold for $1,910. From the Gordon S. Parry
Collection. Ex Ponterio 47 (8 March 1991), lot 1450.
HERE IS A LINK TO THE TRP IIII ON PAWN STARS. HE DID NOT EVEN THE MENTION OF THE
RARITY OF THE DATE?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uEOtjnP2hlQ
