RIC I (second edition) Gaius/Caligula 51
Denomination: sestertius
Material: ae
Authority: gaius
Mint: rome
Manufacture: struck
Date: 0040 to 0041
Obverse legend: C CAESAR DIVI AVG PRON AVG P M TR P IIII P P PIETAS
Obverse: Pietas, veiled, draped, seated left, holding patera in right hand and resting left arm on a small draped figure, standing on a basis, facing
Obverse portrait: pietas
Reverse legend: DIVO AVG S C
Reverse: Front view of hexastyle garlanded temple surmounted by quadriga. In front, Caligula, veiled and togate, sacrifices with patera over garlanded altar right; one attendant leads bull to altar right; a second holds patera
Reverse portrait: gaius