130, Lot: 316. Estimate $750. Sold for $1116. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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AGRIPPINA SENIOR, wife of Germanicus, mother of Gaius (Caligula). Died 33 AD. Æ Sestertius (35mm, 26.40 g). Rome mint. Struck under Gaius (Caligula), 37-41 AD. Draped bust right, wearing hair in long plait / Two mules drawing ornamented carpentum left; six spokes in wheel. RIC I 55 (Gaius); Trillmich Group III, 47; BMCRE 85 (Caligula); Cohen 1. Good VF, Tiber surfaces, surfaces a bit rough, flan crack.
From the Tony Hardy Collection.