The Sisters of Caligula

CNG 109, Lot: 626. Estimate $3000. Sold for $4000. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Gaius (Caligula). AD 37-41. Æ Sestertius (33.5mm, 27.52 g, 6h). Rome mint. Struck AD 37-38. C • CAESAR AVG • GERMANICVS • PON M TR POT, laureate head left / AGRIPPINA on left, DRVSILLA above, IVLIA on right, S • C in exergue, Gaius' three sisters standing facing: Agrippina (as Securitas) leaning on column, holding cornucopia, and placing hand on Drusilla (as Concordia), holding patera and cornucopia; on right, Julia (as Fortuna) holding rudder and cornucopia. RIC I 33; BMCRE 36-7; BN 47-9. VF, green patina. Rare.

Ex Gorny & Mosch 130 (8 March 2004), lot 2008.