CRETE. Cnossus. Gaius (Caligula), with Germanicus, 37-41. Assarion (Bronze, 21.5 mm, 8.15 g, 12 h), struck under the duoviri Dossenus and Pulcher. C CAESAR AVG GERMANICO Laureate head of Caligula to left. Rev. CERM CAESAR DOSSENN PVLCHER II VIR Laureate head of Germanicus to right. Svoronos 209. RPC I 993 ( same dies ). Extremely rare, with only four known to the RPC; none has appeared on the market for over 20 years. Very fine.

From the stock of an old Swiss dealer assembled mainly in the 1960s-1970s.