Triton XVIII, Lot: 1005. Estimate $1000. Sold for $2250. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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Agrippa. Died 12 BC. Æ As (27mm, 11.44 g, 6h). Rome mint. Struck under Gaius (Caligula), AD 37-41. M • AGRIPPA • L • F • COS • III, head left, wearing rostral crown / S C across field, Neptune standing left, naked except for cloak hanging over right arm, behind back and over left shoulder and upper arm, holding small dolphin in outstretched right hand, vertical trident in left. RIC I 58 (Gaius); BMCRE 161-8 (Tiberius); BN 77-97 (Caligula). Near EF, attractive dark green patina, some earthen deposits.
From the RAM Collection, purchased from Edward J. Waddell, April 1996.