434, Lot: 308. Estimate $300. Sold for $1700. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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Gaius (Caligula). AD 37-41. Æ Sestertius (34mm, 27.80 g, 6h). Rome mint. Struck AD 37-38. Laureate head left / 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. Fine, rough reddish-brown patina.