RIC I (second edition) Gaius/Caligula 51
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Record status
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Issuing entity
Roman EmpireRIC I (second edition) Gaius/Caligula 51. Denomination: Sestertius. Authority: Gaius/Caligula. Mint: Rome. Source: American Numismatic Society, Online Coins of the Roman Empire.
Physical characteristics
- Material
- Bronze
- Denomination
- Sestertius
Technical characteristics
- Mint
- Rome
- Authority
- Gaius/Caligula
Design
- 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
- Obverse legend
- C CAESAR DIVI AVG PRON AVG P M TR P IIII P P PIETAS
- Reverse legend
- DIVO AVG S C
Catalogue references
- RIC / OCREric.1(2).gai.51
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