Coins and Historical Medals

Roman Imperial Coinage, Caligula, Sestertius, Rome, 37-8, laureate bust left, c caesar avg germanicvs pon m tr pot, rev. spqr pp ob cives servatos in four lines within oak-wreath, 27.64g (RIC 37; BMC 38). Good very fine, brown patina £2,000-3,000

Provenance: E. Nordheim Collection, Glendining Auction, 3-5 December 1929, lot 55; Ars Classica Auction XVI (Lucerne), 3 July 1933, lot 1567; bt Spink June 1939