Gaius (Caligula). AD 37-41. Æ Sestertius (35mm, 24.25 g, 6h). Rome mint. Struck AD 37-38.

Electronic Auction 476
Lot: 357. Estimated: $ 300

Roman Imperial, Bronze

Sold For $ 600. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

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Gaius (Caligula). AD 37-41. Æ Sestertius (35mm, 24.25 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. Dark green and reddish-brown patina, heavily smoothed and tooled. VF.

From the BLS Collection. Ex Classical Numismatic Group Electronic Auction 416 (14 March 2018), lot 411.


Closing Date and Time: 9 September 2020 at 11:58:40 ET.

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