Sale: Triton XII, Lot: 550. Estimate $2000.  Closing Date: Monday, 5 January 2009.  Sold For $2000. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Gaius (Caligula). AD 37-41. Æ As (12.01 g, 7h). Rome mint. Struck AD 37-38. C • CAESAR • AVG • GERMANICVS PON M TR POT , bare head left / VESTA, S C across field, Vesta seated left on throne with ornamented back and legs, holding patera in outstretched right hand and long transverse scepter in left. RIC I 38; BMCRE 45-48; BN 54-71; Cohen 27. EF, red-brown and green patina. High-relief portrait of Caligula.