RIC I (second edition) Gaius/Caligula 44, Sestertius, Bronze, struck at Rome, 39–40 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 29.3 g, diameter 36.1 mm.
| mint | Rome | weight | 29.27g (3) |
| ruler | Gaius/Caligula | diameter | ⌀36.1 (1) |
| denomination | Sestertius | axis | 6↕ (2) |
| material | Bronze | technique | Struck |
| country | Roman Empire | dataset | OCRE |
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 (3)
loading
kenom
30.07g
⌀36.1
6↕
harvard
30.57g
6↕
bnf_ocre
27.16g