A Collection of Roman Sestertii, The Property of a Gentleman
Gaius (Caligula), Sestertius, Rome, 39-40, Pietas, veiled and draped, seated left on ornate chair, holding patera, resting elbow on small draped statuette, rev. divo avg s c, front view of garlanded hexastyle temple, decorated with figural scene in pediment and surmounted by quadriga, in front Caligula, veiled and togate, officiating sacrificial scene, 26.05g (RIC 51; BMC 69; RCV 1802). About very fine, uneven green patina £400-£600