112, Lot: 123. Estimate $100. Sold for $145. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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IONIA, Smyrna. Gaius (Caligula). 37-41 AD. Æ 20mm (4.59 gm). Menophanes, proconsul. Struck circa 37-38 AD. Laureate head of Caligula right / Drusilla as Persephone seated left, holding poppies, grain ears and sceptre. RPC I 2472; Klose XXVIII, 15 (V1/R14); SNG Copenhagen 1343 (same obverse die). VF, black patina with earthen highlights.