Sale: Triton VIII, Lot: 1001. Estimate $5000.  Closing Date: Monday, 10 January 2005.  Sold For $6000. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

GAIUS (CALIGULA). 37-41 AD. Æ Sestertius (28.47 gm, 6h). Rome mint. Struck 37-38 AD. C CAESAR AVG GERMANICVS PON M TR POT, laureate head left / S P Q R/P P/OB CIVES/SERVATOS in four lines within oak wreath. RIC I 37; MIR 3, 12-4; BMCRE 38; BN 50; Cohen 24. Near EF, olive patina with traces of brown, red, and green. ($5000)

From the Michael Weller Collection.