RIC I (second edition) Gaius/Caligula 51, Sestertius, Bronze, struck at Rome, 40–41 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 26.7 g, diameter 26.9 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 DIVI AVG PRON AVG P M TR P IIII P P 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 (10)
KENOM
26.63g
7↕
British Museum
26.05g
6↕
British Museum (RIC I, 2nd ed.)
Harvard Art Museums
21.51g
6↕
Harvard Art Museums
32.49g
6↕
Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
26.73g
⌀35.5
KENOM — Freiberg
26.81g
6↕
KENOM — Freiberg
25.05g
6↕
BnF (National Library of France)
28.85g
BnF (National Library of France)
28.07g
Cite this coin
RIC I (second edition) Gaius/Caligula 51 (ric.1(2).gai.51), 40–41 AD. Corpus Apertum Nummorum Orbis Antiqui (CANOA). https://canoanumis.org/coins/ric-i-second-edition-gaiuscaligula-51/ (accessed: 2026-09-14). Full citation guidance: How to cite CANOA