123, Lot: 192. Estimate $1000. Sold for $2701. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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GAIUS (CALIGULA). 37-41 AD. Æ Sestertius (35mm, 29.39 g). Struck 37-38 AD. Laureate head left / AGRIPPINA DRVSILLA IVLIA, Gaius' three sisters standing facing: Agrippina (as Securitas) leaning on column, holding cornucopiae, and placing hand on Drusilla (as Concordia), holding patera and cornucopiae; Julia (as Fortuna) holding rudder and cornucopiae. RIC I 33; Cohen 4. Near VF, green patina, minor roughness.
From the Rudolf Berk Collection.