RIC I (second edition) Gaius/Caligula 36, Sestertius, Bronze, struck at Rome, 37–38 AD. Obverse: pietas, veiled, draped, seated left, holding patera in right hand and resting left arm on a small draped figure, standing on a basis, facing. Reverse: front view of hexastyle garlanded temple surmounted by quadriga. in front, caligula, veiled and togate, sacrifices with patera over garlanded altar right; one attendant leads bull to altar right; a second holds patera. Weight about 22.0 g, diameter 25.4 mm.
obverse
Pietas, veiled, draped, seated left, holding patera in right hand and resting left arm on a small draped figure, standing on a basis, facing
C CAESAR AVG GERMANICVS P M TR POT PIETAS
reverse
Front view of hexastyle garlanded temple surmounted by quadriga. In front, Caligula, veiled and togate, sacrifices with patera over garlanded altar right; one attendant leads bull to altar right; a second holds patera
DIVO AVG S C
specimens (13)
Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
27.60g
⌀34.5
KENOM
23.70g
⌀34.7
7↕
Portable Antiquities Scheme
20.88g
⌀32.0
6↕
Portable Antiquities Scheme
5.30g
⌀26.4
Portable Antiquities Scheme
7.13g
⌀24.5
7↕
KENOM — Freiberg
23.97g
7↕
BnF (National Library of France)
30.03g
British Museum
30.58g
6↕
British Museum (RIC I, 2nd ed.)
British Museum
26.44g
6↕
British Museum (RIC I, 2nd ed.)
British Museum
23.98g
7↕
British Museum (RIC I, 2nd ed.)
Cite this coin
RIC I (second edition) Gaius/Caligula 36 (ric.1(2).gai.36), 37–38 AD. Corpus Apertum Nummorum Orbis Antiqui (CANOA). https://canoanumis.org/coins/ric-i-second-edition-gaiuscaligula-36/ (accessed: 2026-10-08). Full citation guidance: How to cite CANOA