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398, Lot: 495. Estimate $200.
Sold for $300. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Gaius (Caligula). AD 37-41. Æ Sestertius (34mm, 24.93 g, 7h). Rome mint. Struck AD 37-38. C • CAESAR • AVG • GERMANICVS • P • M • TR • POT, PIETAS in exergue, Pietas, veiled and draped, seated left, holding patera and resting arm on small draped figure, standing on a basis / DIVO AVG/ S C in two lines across field, Gaius (Caligula) standing left, holding patera over altar; on either side, victimarius, holding bull for sacrifice, and attendant, holding patera; hexastyle, garlanded temple of Divus Augustus in background. RIC I 36. Near VF, brown patina, flan split, minor roughness.