Caius (Caligula) Sestertius - new purchase

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That is a truly iconic coin, Gary - one of the most famous and desirable - congratulations (great that you have it as your avatar). I have only owned one - not as nice as yours - and that was about forty years ago. A good collector friend of mine (Edmund Burke, now deceased) talked me out of it and I regret that to this day. I did take obverse and reverse pics of it and I searched my archives for them but no luck.

 

Thank you for posting those @Orfew. All Caius (Caligula) denarii are hard to come by - your second coin is very nice indeed.

 

Thanks jamesicus. This is really my 4th Three Sisters I'v had since I've been collecting. The one I have now is the best. I sold the other ones. Now the one that is my avatar is not my coin. The one I posted earlier is mine. I do feel blessed to own one.

 

Amen to that Gary - again, thank you for posting it.

 

That is a lovely example, indeed! Here's mine:


Claudius, AD 41-54.
Roman Æ as, 10.86 g, 28.3 mm, 7 h.
Rome, AD 42.
Obv: TI CLAVDIVS CAESAR AVG P M TR P IMP P P, bare head, left.
Rev: LIBERTAS AVGVSTA S C, Libertas, draped, standing right, holding pileus in right hand and extending left hand.
Refs: RIC 113; BMCRE 202-5; Cohen 47; CBN 230-2; RCV 1860.