Object numberCC59.2.0651
sestertius, Roman Empire, Gaius, 40-41 CE
Date40-41 CE
Emperor
Gaius
CultureRoman
MediumAes
DimensionsCoin Dimensions: 3.43 cm, 25.98 g
Credit LineTransfer from Vassar College Classics Department, 1968
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Not on viewPeriodRoman Empire
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A veiled and draped Pieta is seated to the left, with a patera in her right hand, and with her left arm resting on a facing small, draped figure. C CAESAR DIVI AUG PRON AUG P M TR P IIII P P is inscribed around, and PIETAS is inscribed in exergue.
GAIUS CAESAR DIVI AUGUSTI PRONEPOS AUGUSTUS PONTIFEX MAXIMUS TRIBUNICIA POTESTIA IIII PATER PATRIAE, PIETAS
C CAESAR DIVI AUG PRON AUG P M TR P IIII P P, PIETAS
Gaius Caesar Augustus, great-grandson of the deified Augustus, pontifex maximus, with tribunician power for the fourth time and father of the fatherland, Piety
DIVI and S are inscribed to the left of a hexastyle temple, and AUG and C are to the right. The temple is surrounded by quadriga, and a veiled and togate Gaius is preparing to make a sacrifice of a bull being led to the altar. One of the attendant is le
DIVO AUGUSTO, SENATUS CONSULTO
DIVO AUG, S C
For the deified Augustus. By decree of the senate.
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