Sale: CNG 81, Lot: 779. Estimate $150.  Closing Date: Wednesday, 20 May 2009.  Sold For $300. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

IONIA, Smyrna. Gaius (Caligula). AD 37-41. Æ 18mm (2.86 g, 12h). C. Calpurnius Aviola, proconsul; Menophanes, magistrate. Laureate head right / Nike advancing right, holding palm and wreath. Klose Type XXVIIA, 6 (V3/R6); RPC 2473. VF, green patina, minor edge roughness. Attractive and well-struck example.

From the D. Alighieri Collection.