CNG 102, Lot: 722. Estimate $500. Sold for $650. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

SPAIN, Carthago Nova. Gaius (Caligula), with Caesonia. AD 37-41. Æ As (27mm, 10.72 g, 7h). Cn. Atellius Flaccus and Cn. Pompeius Flaccus, duoviri. Laureate head of Caligula right / Draped bust of Caesonia, as Salus, right. ACIP 3155; Burgos 613; RPC I 185. VF, attractive green and brown patina, very minor roughness.

From the estate of Thomas Bentley Cederlind. Ex Cederlind 155 (24 June 2010), no. 165; Gorny & Mosch 186 (8 March 2010), lot 1516.

The female on the reverse has traditionally been identified as Caesonia, although this is by no means certain. Others have identified her as Antonia, Livia, or simply Salus (see RPC I p. 92 for further discussion).