 | Leading the sale in November 2024 was a fine Gaius (Caligula) (AD 37-41), with Agrippina Senior. AV aureus (20mm, 7.76 gm, 6h). 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 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 for his family line.
 | 37-41 AD. Æ Sestertius (35mm, 28.85 g, 6h). Rome mint. Struck 37-38 AD. C CAESAR. AVG. GERMANICVS. PON. M TR POT., Laureate head left / 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 died in 38 AD at the age of 22. | |
In his demented madness, Caligula's incestuous lust for his remaining sisters turned to violent hatred, and he ultimately banished them to the Pontian Islands.
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