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№ 877

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5 December 2019

Hammer Price:
£8,500

Roman Imperial Coinage, Agrippina Senior († 33), Sestertius, struck under Gaius (Caligula), Rome, 37-41, draped bust right, hair in long plait, rev. two mules drawing ornamented carpentum left, 29.33g (RIC Gaius 55; BMC 85; Cohen 1; Trillmich Gp II). Attractive brown patina, some light smoothing, otherwise almost extremely fine £1,000-£1,500

Provenance: C.S. Bement Collection, Naville Auction VIII (Lucerne), 25-8 June 1924, lot 595; E.G. Spencer-Churchill Collection, Ars Classica Auction XIII (Lucerne), 27-9 June 1928, lot 1562; bt Spink February 1939