322, Lot: 430. Estimate $100. Sold for $190. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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SPAIN, Carthago Nova. Tiberius, with Gaius (Caligula) as Caesar. AD 14-37. Æ As (28mm, 9.58 g, 6h). Struck AD 33-37. Laureate head of Tiberius left / Bare head of Caligula left. ACIP 3152e; RPC I 182. Good Fine, reddish-brown patina, surfaces a bit rough.
Ex Archer M. Huntington Collection (HSA 1001.1.21139).
The only known pre–principate portrait of Caligula on coins.