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Buy or Bid Sale 218  10 Feb 2022
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Lot 354

Estimate: 375 USD
Price realized: 375 USD
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Caligula. Sestertius; Caligula; 37-41 AD, 37-8 AD, Sestertius, 24.88g. BM-41, Paris-51, C-9 (15 Fr.), RIC-36. Obv: C CAESAR AVG GERMANICVS P M TR POT around, PIETAS in exergue, Pietas seated l. resting elbow on statuette of Spes and holding patera. Rx: DIVO - AVG and S - C across field, Caligula sacrificing at altar before garlanded temple of Divus Augustus; he is accompanied by one attendant leading up sacrificial bull and another standing behind him holding patera; temple 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.. F
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