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286, Lot: 325. Estimate $500.
Sold for $2500. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Gaius (Caligula). AD 37-41. Æ Sestertius (33mm, 25.70 g, 6h). Rome mint. Struck AD 37-38. Laureate head left / Gaius' three sisters standing facing: Agrippina (as Securitas) leaning on column, holding cornucopia, and placing hand on Drusilla (as Concordia), holding patera and cornucopia; on right, Julia (as Fortuna) holding rudder and cornucopia. RIC I 33. Fine, brown patina, minor metal flaws. Rare.


From the R. D. Frederick Collection.

On this popular reverse, the three sisters of Gaius (Caligula) are honored and portrayed as having somewhat divine attributes. Drusilla died in AD 38 at the age of 22. In his madness, Caligula's incestuous lust for his remaining sisters turned to violent hatred, and he ultimately banished them to the Pontian Islands.