Triton XVIII, Lot: 1016. Estimate $1500. Sold for $2250. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Gaius (Caligula). AD 37-41. Æ As (29mm, 11.61 g, 6h). Rome mint. Struck AD 37-38. C • CAESAR • AVG • GERMANICVS • PON • M • TR • POT •, bare head left / VESTA above, S C across field, Vesta, veiled and draped, seated left on ornamental throne, holding patera in outstretched right hand and transverse scepter in left. RIC I 38; BMCRE 45-8; BN 54-71. Near EF, dark gray-green patina, traces of deposits.

From the collection of the MoneyMuseum, Zurich. Ex Kurt P. Wyprächtiger Collection, purchased from Leu, 17 October 1981.