Damnatio memoriae
367, Lot: 448. Estimate $1000. Sold for $1200. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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Gaius (Caligula). AD 37-41. Æ Sestertius (35mm, 26.20 g, 6h). Rome mint. Struck AD 37-38. Laureate head left / S•P•Q•R/P • P/OB•CIVES/SERVATOS in four lines within oak wreath. RIC I 37. Good VF, green and reddish-brown patina, rough surfaces, several large cuts through Caligula’s portrait.
Defaced in antiquity for Damnatio memoriae!