Wonderful Last Issue Sestertius

453, Lot: 508. Estimate $1500. Sold for $1700. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Gaius (Caligula). AD 37-41. Æ Sestertius (35mm, 27.92 g, 6h). Rome mint. Struck AD 40-41. C • CAESAR • DIVI • AVG • PRON • AVG • P • M • TR • P • IIII • P • P •, laureate head left / S • P • Q • R/ P • P/ OB • CIVES/ SERVATOS in four lines within oak wreath. RIC I 53 (R2). Mahogany red-brown surfaces, some roughness. VF. Wonderful portrait. A handsome coin. Rare last issue of Caligula’s Sestertii.

Ex Baldwin’s 62 (29 September 2009), lot 79.