Gaius augustus, 37 – 41. Sestertius 37-38, Æ 28.68 g. C·CAESAR·AVG·GERMANICVS P·M·TR·POT Pietas, veiled and draped, seated l., holding patera and resting l. arm on small facing figure; in exergue, PIETAS. Rev. DIVO – AVG / S – C Gaius, veiled and togate, sacrificing over garlanded altar; in the background hexastyle temple. C 9. BMC 41. RIC 36. CBN 51.
Perfectly centred on a full flan and with finely detailed dies. A lovely brown-green patina
gently smoothed under the exergual line on reverse, otherwise extremely fine
Ex Triton IX, 2006, 1391; Hess-Divo 308, 2007, 148 and NAC 101, 2017, Ploil, 113 sales.
Price realized | 9'500 CHF |
Starting price | 3'200 CHF |
Estimate | 4'000 CHF |