Details
LOT 3310
Caligula AE As. AD 37-38. Rome mint.
C CAESAR AVG GERMANICVS PON M TR POT, bare head to left / Vesta seated to left on ornamented throne, holding patera and sceptre; VESTA above, S C across fields. RIC I 38; Cohen 27; BMCRE 45-8. Good Very Fine. Smoothed and tooled.(9.21gr, 28mm, 6h.).
Provenance
From the collection of a Surrey, UK, gentleman.
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