RIC I (second edition) Gaius/Caligula 38, As, Bronze, struck at Rome, 37–38 AD. Obverse: head of caligula, bare, left. Reverse: vesta, veiled and draped, seated left on throne with ornamented back and legs, holding patera in right hand and long transverse sceptre in left. Weight about 10.6 g, diameter 18.3 mm.
obverse
Head of Caligula, bare, left
C CAESAR AVG GERMANICVS PON M TR POT
reverse
Vesta, veiled and draped, seated left on throne with ornamented back and legs, holding patera in right hand and long transverse sceptre in left
VESTA S C
specimens (24)
KENOM
10.36g
6↕
KENOM
10.45g
6↕
KENOM
8.24g
7↕
KENOM
10.20g
7↕
KENOM
11.98g
6↕
KENOM
12.79g
⌀27.0
9↕
KENOM
10.50g
⌀26.6
7↕
KENOM
10.74g
⌀28.2
7↕
KENOM
10.70g
⌀27.0
8↕
KENOM
10.48g
⌀29.8
8↕
KENOM
9.39g
⌀27.3
6↕
British Museum
10.88g
6↕
British Museum
11.28g
7↕
British Museum
8.14g
6↕
British Museum
8.01g
7↕
British Museum
9.97g
8↕
Cite this coin
RIC I (second edition) Gaius/Caligula 38 (ric.1(2).gai.38), 37–38 AD. Corpus Apertum Nummorum Orbis Antiqui (CANOA). https://canoanumis.org/coins/ric-i-second-edition-gaiuscaligula-38/ (accessed: 2026-11-02). Full citation guidance: How to cite CANOA