Triton XVI, Lot: 1036. Estimate $10000. Sold for $37000. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Gaius (Caligula). AD 37-41. Æ Sestertius (34mm, 28.57 g, 6h). Rome mint. Struck AD 37-38. C • CAESAR • AVG • GERMANICVS • P M TR • POT •, Pietas seated left, holding patera and resting arm on small draped figure standing facing on basis; PIETAS in exergue / Gaius standing left, holding patera over altar; on either side, victimarius, holding bull for sacrifice, and attendant, holding patera; Temple of Divus Augustus in background; DIVO AVG and S C across field. RIC I 36; BMCRE 41: BN 51. EF, river patina, some minor roughness.

Ex New York Sale XI (11 January 2006), lot 259.