Caligula Æ Sestertius. Rome, AD 37-38. C•CAESAR•AVG•GERMANICVS•P•M TR•POT, Pietas seated left, holding patera and resting arm on small draped standing figure; PIETAS in exergue / Caligula standing left, holding patera over garlanded altar, flanked by victimarius holding bull for sacrifice and attendant holding a patera standing on either side; garlanded hexastyle temple of Divus Augustus in background, pediment decorated with sacrificial scene, and with quadriga and Victories as acroteria, and statues of Romulus and Aeneas along roof line; DIVO-AVG S-C across fields. RIC 36; C. 11; BMCRE 41-3; BN 51. 26.08g, 35mm, 6h.
Good Very Fine.
From the inventory of a North American dealer;
Ex Roma Numismatics Ltd, Auction IV, 30 September - 1 October 2012, lot 2721.