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                        Lot: 311

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                        ROMAN EMPIRE: Caligula. AD 37-41. AE sestertius (27.92 
                        gm).

                        ROMAN EMPIRE. Caligula (AD 37-41). Orichalcum sestertius 
                        (27.92 gm). Rome, AD 37-38. C CAESAR AVG GERMANICVS PON 
                        M TR POT, laureate head left / AGRIPPINA DRVSILLA IVLIA 
                        S C, Caligula's three sisters with the attributes of 
                        Securitas, Concordia, and Fortuna: Agrippina leaning on 
                        column, holding cornucopia, and placing left hand on 
                        Drusilla's shoulder; Drusilla holding patera and 
                        cornucopia; Julia holding rudder and cornucopia. BMCRE 
                        36. CBN 47, pl. xiii (same reverse die). Cohen 4. RIC 
                        33. Well pedigreed but rather tooled. Extremely fine 

                        Ex Garrett Collection (NFA-Bank Leu, Part I, 16-18 May 
                        1984, lot 727); M. Schulman (11/28); Hennessy 
                        Collection, Paris. 


                        Estimated Value: $ 3,750 




...Sold for $4,000 USD [ approx 3040 EUR, 2120 GBP ] plus 15% buyers fee. 

Gemini I Auction Closed Jan 11-12, 2005. 

Re-used by permission of Freeman & Sear (www.freemanandsear.com) 
                      and Harlan J Berk (www.harlanjberk.com).