426, Lot: 480. Estimate $150. Sold for $360. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Gaius (Caligula). AD 37-41. Æ Sestertius (34.3mm, 27.25 g, 6h). Rome mint. Struck AD 37-38. Pietas seated left, holding patera and resting arm on small draped figure standing facing on basis / Gaius standing left, holding patera over garlanded altar; victimarius holding bull for sacrifice and attendant holding a patera standing on either side; garlanded hexastyle temple of Divus Augustus in background; pediment decorated with sacrificial scene; quadriga and Victories as acroteria; statues of Romulus and Aeneas along roof line. RIC I 36. Good Fine, dark green and brown patina with touches of red, minor roughness.

From the Collection of a Texas Wine Doctor, purchased from Rob Golan FPL 4 (Fall 1994), no. 90.