Coins and Historical Medals

Roman Imperial Coinage, Caligula, Sestertius, Rome, 40-1, Pietas seated left, holding patera, resting arm on small draped figure standing facing on basis, pietas in exergue, c caesar divi avg pron avg pm tr p iii pp, rev. Gaius standing left, between attendants, holding patera over garlanded altar, garlanded hexastyle temple of Divus Augustus surmounted by acroteria and statues of Romulus and Æneas in background, divo avg and sc in field, 28.93g (RIC 51; BMC 69). Good very fine or better with green-brown patina £2,000-3,000

Provenance: R. Laughlin Collection, Adolph Hess Auction 221 (Lucerne), 18 December 1933, lot 363; bt Spink July 1935