Caligula Æ Sestertius. Rome, AD 37-38. C•CAESA[R•AVG•GERMANICVS•P•M] TR•POT, Pietas seated to left, holding patera and resting arm on small draped standing figure; PIETAS in exergue / Caligula standing to left, holding patera over garlanded altar, flanked by victimarius holding bull for sacrifice and attendant holding a patera; 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 I 36; C. 11; BMCRE 41. 24.90g, 35mm, 6h.
Near Very Fine; pleasant dark green patina.
From the Vitangelo Collection, collector's ticket included.