312, Lot: 180. Estimate $5000. Sold for $4250. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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Gaius (Caligula). AD 37-41. Æ Sestertius (35mm, 26.52 g, 6h). Rome mint. Struck AD 37-38. Laureate head left / ADLOCVT COH, Gaius, bareheaded and togate, standing left on daïs, extending right hand in gesture of address; behind him a sella castrensis; in front of him stand five soldiers right, all helmeted, holding shields, and parazonia; four aquilae behind them. RIC I 32. Good VF, green patina, details strengthened, fields smoothed.