NumisBids
  
Agora Auctions, LLC
Numismatic Auction 35  23 June 2015
View prices realized

Lot 233

Estimate: 150 USD
Price realized: 170 USD
Find similar lots
Share this lot: Share by Email
Gaius Caligula. A.D. 37-41. Æ sestertius (34 mm, 27.63 g, 6 h). Rome mint, Struck A.D. 39/40. C CAESAR DIV[I AVG PRON AVG P M TR P III P P] around, PIETAS in exergue, Pietas seated left, holding patera and resting elbow on small draped figure / DIVO AV[G]/S C in two lines across field, emperor, veiled and togate, standing left, sacrificing out of 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, with decorated pediment. RIC 44; BN 104; BMC 58† . Fair/Fine, red-brown surfaces, very porous.
Question about this auction? Contact Agora Auctions, LLC