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Buy or Bid Sale 213  19 Nov 2020
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Lot 374

Starting price: 293 USD
Price realized: 450 USD
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Caligula. Sestertius; Caligula; 37-41 AD, Rome, 40-1 AD, Sestertius, 24.82g. BM-69, Paris-118, C-11 (15 Fr.), RIC-51 (R). Obv: C CAESAR DIVI AVG PRON AVG P M TR P IIII P P around, PIETAS in exergue, Pietas seated l. resting elbow on statuette of Spes and holding patera. Rx: [DI]VO - AVG S C Caligula sacrificing at altar before temple of Divus Augustus; he is accompanied by one attendant leading up sacrificial bull and another standing behind him holding patera; temple rests on high base, has six columns, numerous figures in pediment and on roof, and is garlanded. Soon after his accession, Caligula dedicated the temple of Divus Augustus in the Roman Forum that Tiberius had almost completed.. VF

Estimate: $450
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