176, Lot: 220. Estimate $2000. Sold for $2950. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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Gaius (Caligula). AD 37-41. Æ Sestertius (36mm, 24.07 g). Rome mint. Struck AD 37-38. Laureate head left / AGRIPPINA DRVSILLA IVLIA, S C in exergue, Gaius' three sisters standing facing: Agrippina (as Securitas) leaning on column, holding cornucopia, and placing hand on Drusilla (as Concordia), holding patera and cornucopia; Julia (as Fortuna) holding rudder and cornucopia. RIC I 33; BMCRE 37. Near VF, Tiber patina, some light roughness and a few small pits on the reverse.