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Lot 4957    Session 18 (2.30pm Friday 25 November)    Roman Silver & Bronze Coins - Imperial

Estimate $500
Bid at live.noble.com.au
SOLD $300

GAIUS (CALIGULA), (A.D. 37-41), AE sestertius, Rome mint, issued A.D. 40-41, (26.59 g), obv. Pietas veiled and draped seated to left, holding a patera, left arm resting on a facing figure draped on basis, around C CAESAR DIVI AVG PRON AVG P M TR P IIII P P, PIETAS in exergue, dotted border, rev. DIVO AVG over S C across the field, hexastyle garlanded temple, quadriga above, before which is Gaius, veiled and togate, sacrificing with patera over altar, one attendant leads a bull another behind, (S.1802, RIC 51, BMC 69, CBN 118, C.11). Dark brown patina, attractive surface with rubbing, otherwise nearly very fine and rare.

Ex Glendining's London, Sale 15, December 4, 1985 (lot 465).
Sear (p.356), comments on this issue noting that there were two temples in Rome honouring the deified Augustus, one on the Palatine, the other of uncertain location, possibly behind the Basilica Julia in the depression between the Palatine and Capitoline Hills. The latter, built under Tiberius, was dedicated by Caligula in August A.D. 37, an event commemorated by this elaborate architectural type.

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