The Sisters of Caligula

431, Lot: 358. Estimate $500. Sold for $2200. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Gaius (Caligula). AD 37-41. Æ Sestertius (34mm, 27.19 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, brown patina, roughness. Rare.

Ex Heritage Auctions Europe 50 (24 May 2016), lot 329.