 | Leading the sale in late 2024 was a fine Gaius (Caligula, AD 37-41), with Agrippina Senior. AV aureus. NGC AU 4/5 - 4/5. Lugdunum, 2nd issue, AD 37-38. Issued early in his reign, the coin honors his mother Agrippina Senior, who died in 33 AD of starvation after being exiled by Tiberius. Caligula initially honored his family in his first year, including his sisters, but the inclusion of his mother was a bad omen. |  |
 | 37-41 AD. Æ Sestertius (35mm, 28.85 g, 6h). Rome mint. Struck 37-38 AD. Gaius' three sisters standing facing: Agrippina (as Securitas) leaning on column, holding cornucopiae; Drusilla (as Concordia), holding patera and cornucopiae; Julia (as Fortuna) holding rudder and cornucopiae. | |
Drusilla, Caligula's favourite, died in 38 AD at the age of 22, probably of fever. In his demented madness, Caligula's incestuous lust for his remaining sisters turned to violent hatred. They plotted against him. Agrippina and Livilla conspired with Marcus Aemilius Lepidus to overthrow Caligula. When the plot failed in 39 AD, Caligula exiled them to the Pontine Islands.
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