Live auction - bpv_667717 - CALIGULA Drachme

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AU/XF

Estimate :	950 €
Price :	720 €
Maximum bid :	780 €
End of the sale :	15 June 2021 14:48:30
bidders :	7 bidders

Type : Drachme

Date: 37-38

Mint name / Town : Césarée, Cappadoce

Metal : silver

Millesimal fineness : 900 ‰

Diameter : 17 mm

Orientation dies : 12 h.

Weight : 3,61 g.

Rarity : R2

Coments on the condition:

Monnaie légèrement décentrée présentant un très joli portrait de Caligula. Revers à l’usure régulière. Patine grise

Catalogue references :

C.12 - RIC.63 - BMC/RE.102 - RPC.13624

Obverse

Obverse legend : C CAESAR AVG GERMANICVS.

Obverse description : Tête nue de Caligula à droite (O°).

Obverse translation : “Caius Cæsar Augustus Germanicus”, (Caius césar auguste germanique).

Reverse

Reverse legend : IMPERATOR PONT. MAX. AVG. TR. POT..

Reverse description : Lituus et simpulum.

Reverse translation : “Imperator Pontifex Maximus Augustus Tribunicia Potestate”, (Empereur, Grand Pontife, Auguste, revêtu de la puissance tribunicienne).