CNG 100, Lot: 1843. Estimate $3000. Sold for $3000. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Gaius (Caligula). AD 37-41. Æ Sestertius (34.5mm, 27.76 g, 6h). Rome mint. Struck AD 40-41. C • CAESAR • DIVI • AVG • PRON • AVG • P • M • TR • P • IIII • P • P •, 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 51; BMCRE 69; BN 118-9. Near EF, dark green-brown patina, areas of minor roughness. Exceptional detail on façade and roof of temple.