Caligula (37-41), as, Rome, 37-38, C CAESAR AVG GERMANICVS PON M TR POT, bare head left, rev., VESTA S C, Vesta seated left on ornamental throne, holding patera and sceptre, 11.29g (RIC 38, BMC 46; C. 27), smooth dark green patina with light tooling of fields, good very fine, excellent portrait. Provenance: exhibited at Edward H. Merrin Gallery, New York, 1985; Morton & Eden 59, 13-14 November 2012, lot 750.
Estimate: GBP 600 - 800
Price realized | 500 GBP |
Starting price | 480 GBP |
Estimate | 600 GBP |