| Caligula, 16 March 37 - 24 January 41 A.D. |  |
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| SH37559. Gold aureus, RIC I 27, Cohen 20, BMCRE I 20, SRCV I 1795, Paris 37, VF, weight 7.581 g, maximum diameter 18.7 mm, die axis 225o, Lugdunum (Lyon) mint, 40 A.D.; obverse C CAESAR AVG PON M TR POT III COS III, laureate head right; reverse SPQR P P OB C S in three lines within oak wreath; SOLD |
|   | The first Rome mint portrait sestertius, and a highly sought after reverse type. |
| SH38172. Orichalcum sestertius, SRCV I 1800, RIC I 33, Cohen 4, NCG VF, Strike 5, Surface 2, weight 26.340 g, maximum diameter 34.5 mm, die axis 180o, Rome mint, 37 - 38 A.D.; obverse C CAESAR AVG GERMANICVS PON M TR POT, laureate head left; reverse AGRIPPINA DRVSILLA IVLIA S C, the three sisters of Caligula standing, in the guises of Securitas, Concordia and Fortuna; NGC certified, excellent centering and strike, attractive portrait, patina worn on high spots; rare; SOLD |
| Augustus, 16 January 27 B.C. - 19 August 14 A.D., Commemorative Struck by Caligula |  | The reverse legend indicates the figure depicted is a statue that was dedicated to Augustus by the "general will of the Senate, equestrian order and people of Rome." |
| SH60662. Orichalcum dupondius, SRCV I 1811, RIC I Gaius 56, BMCRE I 88, gVF, full and heavy flan, weight 18.346 g, maximum diameter 29.8 mm, die axis 180o, Rome mint, struck by Caligula, 37 - 41 A.D.; obverse DIVVS AVGVSTVS S C, radiate head of Augustus left; reverse CONSENSV SENAT ET EQ ORDIN P Q R, Augustus laureate and togate, seated left on curule chair, branch in right, left at side; excellent centering and strike; SOLD |
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