Exceptional Caligula As

Sale: Triton X, Lot: 574. Estimate $3000.  Closing Date: Monday, 8 January 2007.  Sold For $8000. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Gaius (Caligula). AD 37-41. Æ As (12.33 g, 6h). Rome mint. Struck AD 40-41. C CAESAR DIVI AVG PRON AVG P M TR P IIII P P, bare head left / VESTA, S C across field, Vesta seated left, holding patera in extended right hand, cradling scepter in left arm. RIC I 38; BMCRE 46; BN 54; Cohen 27. EF, dark brown patina.