CNG 100, Lot: 1842. Estimate $2000. Sold for $1500. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Gaius (Caligula). AD 37-41. Æ Sestertius (35mm, 27.35 g, 6h). Rome mint. Struck AD 37-38. C • CAESAR • AVG • GERMANICVS • P • M • TR • POT, PIETAS in exergue, Pietas, veiled and draped, seated left, holding patera and resting arm on small draped figure, standing on a basis / DIVO AVG/ S C in two lines across field, Gaius (Caligula) standing left, holding patera over altar; on either side, victimarius, holding bull for sacrifice, and attendant, holding patera; hexastyle, garlanded temple of Divus Augustus in background. RIC I 36; BMCRE 41-3; BN 51. VF, brown surfaces, some red and green, areas of roughness.

From the Olav E. Klingenberg Collection.