CNG 105, Lot: 814. Estimate $1500. Sold for $2400. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Gaius (Caligula). AD 37-41. Æ Sestertius (34.5mm, 27.18 g, 6h). Rome mint. Struck AD 40-41. Laureate head left / ADLOCVT, Gaius standing left on daïs, extending right hand in gesture of address; to right, a sella castrensis (camp stool); in front of him stand five soldiers right, all helmeted, holding shields, and parazonia; four aquilae behind them. COH in exergue. RIC I 48 corr. (rev. legend). VF, dark green surfaces, some brassy highlights and smoothing.

From the Collection of a Director. Ex Vinchon (23 April 1976), lot 23.