132, Lot: 175. Estimate $300. Sold for $750. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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AGRIPPINA SENIOR, wife of Germanicus, mother of Gaius (Caligula). Died 33 AD. Æ Sestertius (36mm, 26.92 g). Rome mint. Struck under Claudius, 42-54 AD. Draped bust right, hair in long plait / Legend around large S C. RIC I 102 (Claudius); BMCRE 219 (Claudius); Cohen 3. VF, dark green and brown surfaces, fields smoothed, some of the reverse legend strengthened.