1037. Gaius (Caligula). AD 37-41. Æ Sestertius (35mm, 27.05 g, 6h). Rome mint. Struck AD 40-41. C • CAESAR • DIVI • AVG • PRON • AVG • P • M • TR • P • IIII • P • P • around, PIETAS in exergue, Pietas, veiled and draped, seated left on stool, holding patera in extended right hand and resting left elbow on small draped figure standing facing on basis / DIVO AVG/S C in two lines across field, sacrifice scene in front of temple: Gaius (Caligula), veiled and togate, standing left, holding patera in right hand over garlanded altar, raising hem of toga with left hand; victimarius holding bull for sacrifice and attendant holding a patera standing on either side; garlanded hexastyle temple of Divus Augustus in background; pediment decorated with sacrificial scene; quadriga and Victories as acroteria; statues of Romulus and Aeneas along roof line. RIC I 51; BMCRE 69; BN 118-9. Good VF, green and red-brown patina, some minor porosity and cleaning marks. ($2000)
1038. Claudius. AD 41-54. AR Denarius (17mm, 3.29 g, 6h). Lugdunum (Lyon) mint. Struck AD 44-45. TI CLAVD • CAESAR • AVG • P • M • TR • P • IIII, laureate head right / PACI AVGVSTAE, Pax-Nemesis, winged and draped, advancing right, with right hand holding out fold of drapery below chin, with left hand holding winged caduceus, pointing down at snake erect, gliding right. RIC I 28 (Rome); von Kaenel Type 22, 445 (V445/R- [unlisted rev. die]); Lyon 43/4 (D167/R211); RSC 56; BMCRE 27 (Rome); BN 42. Good VF, gray, gold, and iridescent tone, light marks under tone. ($1500) From the Chiltern Collection.
1039. Claudius. AD 41-54. AR Denarius (18mm, 3.74 g, 11h). Lugdunum (Lyon) mint. Struck AD 44-45. TI CLAVD • CAESAR • AVG • P • M • TR • P • IIII, laureate head right / PACI AVGVSTAE, Pax-Nemesis, winged and draped, advancing right, with right hand holding out fold of drapery below chin, with left hand holding winged caduceus, pointing down at snake erect, gliding right. RIC I 28 (Rome); von Kaenel Type 22, - (unlisted dies); Lyon 43 (unlisted dies); RSC 56; BMCRE 27 (Rome); BN 42. Good VF, toned, marks on obverse edge at 4:30, a few contact marks on reverse, traces of deposits. ($1000) From the Chiltern Collection.
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