Gaius (Caligula), 37-41. Sestertius (Orichalcum, 35 mm, 28.74 g, 6 h), Rome, 39-40. C CAESAR DIVI AVG PRON AVG P M TR P III P P / PIETAS Pietas seated left on stool, holding patera in extended right hand and resting left arm on small standing figure. Rev. DIVO AVG / S C Caligula togate, standing left, holding patera over altar; 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; quadriga and Victories as acroteria; statues of Romulus and Aeneas along roof line. BMC - cf pl. 28, 9. BN 104. Cohen 10. RIC I 44. Attractive brown patina. Good very fine.
From the collection of W. F. Stoecklin, Amriswil, Switzerland, bought from Egger in Vienna prior to 1930.