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3 October 2021
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Starting Price: 80 CHF
Hammer Price:  240 CHF
Lot 1071

Gaius (Caligula), 37-41. Sestertius (Orichalcum, 34 mm, 23.90 g, 7 h), Rome, 37-38. C CAESAR AVG GERMANICVS P M TR POT / PIETAS Pietas seated left on stool, holding patera in extended right hand and resting left arm on small standing figure. Rev. DIVO - AVG / S-C Caligula togate, standing left, holding patera over 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. BMC 41-43. BN 51. Cohen 11. RIC 36. A most interesting and historic coin. Good fine.

From an American collection.

Online bidding closes: 3 Oct 2021, 23:55:30 CEST Current Date & Time: 20 Apr 2024, 00:44:22 CEST Remaining Time: Closed Hammer Price:240 CHF by MREY (6 bids)
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