RIC I (second edition) Gaius/Caligula 32, Sestertius, Bronze, struck at Rome, 37–38 AD. Obverse: head of caligula, laureate, left. Reverse: caligula, bare-headed and togate, standing, left, on low platform on right extending right hand to five soldiers standing in front of him, helmeted with shields and parazonia; the two rearmost pairs carry an aquila.. Weight about 23.5 g, diameter 33.1 mm.
obverse
Head of Caligula, laureate, left
C CAESAR AVG GERMANICVS PON M TR POT
reverse
Caligula, bare-headed and togate, standing, left, on low platform on right extending right hand to five soldiers standing in front of him, helmeted with shields and parazonia; the two rearmost pairs carry an aquila.
ADLOCVT COH
specimens (10)
British Museum
25.69g
6↕
British Museum (RIC I, 2nd ed.)
British Museum
22.78g
6↕
British Museum (RIC I, 2nd ed.)
Harvard Art Museums
27.86g
6↕
KENOM
24.42g
⌀34.4
1↕
BnF (National Library of France)
27.75g
BnF (National Library of France)
28.10g
British Museum
28.89g
6↕
British Museum (RIC I, 2nd ed.)
Cite this coin
RIC I (second edition) Gaius/Caligula 32 (ric.1(2).gai.32), 37–38 AD. Corpus Apertum Nummorum Orbis Antiqui (CANOA). https://canoanumis.org/coins/ric-i-second-edition-gaiuscaligula-32/ (accessed: 2026-09-17). Full citation guidance: How to cite CANOA