Caligula Æ Sestertius. Rome, AD 39-40. C CAESAR DIVI AVG PRON AVG P M TR P III P P, Pietas veiled seated left, holding patera and resting elbow on figure of Spes, in exergue PIETAS / [DIV]O-A[V]G, Caligula, togate and veiled, standing left in front of hexastyle temple surmounted by quadriga, sacrificing out of patera over garlanded altar, on left, attendant leads bull to altar, on right, a second attendant holds patera; in field, S-C. RIC 44; C 2. 27.94g, 37mm, 6h.
Good Fine - Very Fine.
From The Chapdelaine Collection.