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Sestertius with Pietas seated, struck under Gaius (Caligula)
Roman
Imperial Period
A.D. 37–38
Mint: Rome
Medium/Technique
Bronze
Dimensions
Diameter: 34.5 mm. Weight: 27.60 gm. Die Axis: 6
Credit Line
Catharine Page Perkins Fund
Accession Number00.285
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAncient Greece and Rome
ClassificationsNumismatics – Coins
DescriptionObverse: Pietas seated to left, holding out a patera. Behind her a small female statue.
C·CAESAR·AVG·GERMANICVS·P·M·TR·POT
In the exergue: PIETAS
Reverse: Front of a hexastyle temple hung with a long garland; group of seven figurines in the pediment; on the apex of the roof a quadriga, with two figures on the roof on either side of it. In front of the temple Caligula as pontifex sacrificing at an altar; behind him a bull to left, held by an attendant, with a second attendant at the right, holding a patera.
DIVO AVG / S C
C·CAESAR·AVG·GERMANICVS·P·M·TR·POT
In the exergue: PIETAS
Reverse: Front of a hexastyle temple hung with a long garland; group of seven figurines in the pediment; on the apex of the roof a quadriga, with two figures on the roof on either side of it. In front of the temple Caligula as pontifex sacrificing at an altar; behind him a bull to left, held by an attendant, with a second attendant at the right, holding a patera.
DIVO AVG / S C
ProvenancePurchased from E. P. Warren; from the Modena collection