Sale: Triton V, Lot: 1873. Estimate $10000. Closing Date: Wednesday, 16 January 2002. Sold For $15000. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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GAIUS CALIGULA. 37-41 AD. Æ Sestertius (28.23 gm). Struck 37-38 AD. C CAESAR AVG GERMANICVS PON M TR POT, laureate head left / AGRIPPINA DRVSILLA IVLIA, S C in exergue, Gaius' three sisters standing facing; Agrippina on left as Securitas, holding cornucopiae and resting on column; Drusilla in the middle as Concordia, holding patera and cornucopiae; Julia on right as Fortuna, holding rudder and cornucopiae. RIC I 33; BMCRE 37; BN 47; Szaivert 8-4; Cohen 4. EF, black-green patina. [See color plate 13] ($10,000)