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Lot 278

Starting price: 3000 CHF
Price realized: 3200 CHF
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Gaius (Caligula), 37-41. Sestertius (Orichalcum, 35mm, 30.76 g 6), Rome, c. 37-38. C CAESAR AVG GERMANICVS PON M TR POT Laureate head of Gaius to left. Rev. ADLOCVT / COH Bare-headed and togate Gaius standing left before the sella castrensis on a platform, haranguing five soldiers with shields and parazonia, the two rearmost pairs of soldiers carry an aquila. BMC 33. BN 45. Cohen 1. Kent-Hirmer pl. 49, 168. RIC 32. A detailed and clear example with a reddish-brown glance patina. Good very fine.

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