56, Lot: 129. Estimate $200. Sold for $125. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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GAIUS CALIGULA. 37-41 AD. Æ Sestertius (29.08 gm). Struck 37/8 AD. C CAESAR AVG GERMANICVS P M TR POT, PIETAS in exergue, Pietas, veiled, seated left and holding patera, left elbow resting on small facing statue / DIVO-AVG, S-C across field, Gaius sacrificing before hexastyle temple; one attendant leading bull to altar, the other holding a patera. RIC I 36; BMCRE 41; Cohen 9. Fine, red-brown patina.