Sestertius - Caligula DIVO AVG S C; Pietas

Features

Issuer	Rome › Roman Empire (27 BC - 395 AD)
Emperor	Caligula (Caius Augustus Germanicus) (37-41)
Type	Standard circulation coins
Years	40-41
Value	1 Sestertius = ¼ Denarius
Currency	Denarius, Reform of Augustus (27 BC – AD 215)
Composition	Brąz
Weight	26.5 g
Diameter	35 mm
Shape	Okrągły (nieregularny)
Technique	Młotkowana
Orientation	Variable alignment ↺
Demonetized	Yes
Number	N# 247168
References	RIC I# 51 Harold Mattingly, Edward Allen Sydenham, Carol Humphrey Vivian Sutherland, Robert Andrew Glendinning Carson; 1984. The Roman Imperial Coinage / Volume 1. Augustus – Vitellius (31 BC–AD 69) (1923 revised Edition). Spink & Son, London, United Kingdom. , OCRE# ric.1(2).gai.51 Online Coins of the Roman Empire (http://numismatics.org/ocre/)

Series: Consecration

Obverse

(en) Pietas, veiled, draped, seated left, holding patera in right hand and resting left arm on a small draped figure, standing on a basis, facing.

Script: łaciński

Lettering: C CAESAR DIVI AVG PRON AVG P M TR P IIII P P PIETAS

Unabridged legend: Caius Caesar Divi Augusti Pronepos Augustus, Pontifex Maximus, Tribunicia Potestate Quarta, Pater Patriae, Pietas.

Reverse

(en) 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.

Script: łaciński

Lettering: DIVO AVG S C

Unabridged legend: Divo Augustus. Senatus Consultum.

Mint

Rome (ancient), Italy (?-476)

Comments

(en) Mass varies: 21.51–32.49 g;
Diameter varies: 32–36 mm;
Source: Online Coins of the Roman Empire (OCRE)

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Date					VG	F	VF	XF	AU	UNC
Undetermined
ND (40-41)

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