Triton XX, Lot: 659. Estimate $1000. Sold for $1600. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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Gaius (Caligula). AD 37-41. Æ As (29mm, 11.17 g, 7h). Rome mint. Struck AD 37-38. C • CAESAR • AVG • GERMANICVS • PON • M • TR • POT •, bare head left / VESTA above, S C across field, Vesta, veiled and draped, seated left on ornamental throne, holding patera with outstretched right hand and transverse scepter with left. RIC I 38; BMCRE 45-8; BN 54-71. EF, dark brown patina with touches of green, minor cleaning marks. Well struck.
Ex Heritage 3024 (CICF, 18 April 2013), lot 24842.