Lot 3400

Description

Gaius (Caligula), (A.D. 37-41), AE as, Rome mint, issued A.D. 37-38, (10.82 grams), obv. bare head of Caligula to left, around C CAESAR AVG GERMANICVS PON M TR POT, rev. VESTA above, Vesta seated to left, veiled and draped seated on ornamental throne, holding patera and transverse sceptre, S C across field, (S.1803, RIC 38, C.27, BMC 46). Green patina, with some surface roughness and tooling, otherwise nearly very fine with an attractive portrait, includes collector's ticket.

Ex Noble Numismatics, sale 94, (lot 4894) and previously Numismatic Ars Classica, Zurich, Auction Sale N, June 26, 2003 (lot 1726).