RIC I (second edition) Gaius/Caligula 36

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Typological Description

  • Date Range: AD 37 - AD 38
  • Object Type: Coin
  • Manufacture: Struck
  • Denomination: Sestertius
  • Material: Bronze

  • Authority

    • Authority: Gaius/Caligula
      • Dynasty: Julio-Claudian Dynasty
      • State: Roman Empire

  • Geographic

  • Obverse

    • Legend: C CAESAR AVG GERMANICVS P M TR POT PIETAS
    • Type: Pietas, veiled, draped, seated left, holding patera in right hand and resting left arm on a small draped figure, standing on a basis, facing
    • Deity: Pietas

  • Reverse

    • Legend: DIVO AVG S C
    • Type: 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
    • Portrait: Gaius/Caligula
      • Dynasty: Julio-Claudian Dynasty
      • State: Roman Empire

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Bronze Sestertius of Gaius/Caligula, Rome, AD 37 - AD 38 1957.172.1526
Collection
American Numismatic Society
Axis
6
Diameter (in mm)
33.5
Weight (in gr.)
25.75
Bronze Sestertius of Gaius/Caligula, Rome, AD 37 - AD 38 1984.176.5
Collection
American Numismatic Society
Axis
6
Diameter (in mm)
34.0
Weight (in gr.)
22.99
Bronze Sestertius of Gaius/Caligula, Rome, AD 37 - AD 38 1944.100.39338
Collection
American Numismatic Society
Axis
6
Diameter (in mm)
34.5
Weight (in gr.)
24.92
Bronze Sestertius of Gaius/Caligula, Rome, AD 37 - AD 38 1995.11.1543
Collection
American Numismatic Society
Axis
6
Diameter (in mm)
36.0
Weight (in gr.)
27.09
[Monnaie. Sestertius, Caligula, Rome]
Collection
Bibliothèque nationale de France
Identifier
IMP-5878
Weight (in gr.)
30.03
Münze, Sesterz, 37 - 38 n. Chr.
Collection
Münzkabinett der Universität Göttingen
Identifier
184457
Axis
7
Diameter (in mm)
34.69
Weight (in gr.)
23.699
Caius (Caligula) 37–38 n. Chr.
Collection
Münzkabinett Wien
Identifier
ID172323
Axis
6
Diameter (in mm)
37
Weight (in gr.)
28.05
Sestertius with Pietas seated, struck under Gaius (Caligula)
Collection
Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
Identifier
00.285
Diameter (in mm)
34.5
Weight (in gr.)
27.60
Caligula 37-38 n. Chr.
Collection
Münzkabinett Berlin
Identifier
18215918
Axis
6
Diameter (in mm)
34
Weight (in gr.)
27.38
Caligula 37-38 n. Chr.
Collection
Münzkabinett Berlin
Identifier
18215920
Axis
7
Diameter (in mm)
35
Weight (in gr.)
25.85
Caligula 37-38 n. Chr.
Collection
Freiberg University of Mining and Technology
Identifier
ID526
Axis
7
Diameter (in mm)
0
Weight (in gr.)
23.97
British Museum: R.6436
Collection
British Museum
Axis
6
Weight (in gr.)
30.58
British Museum: R.6437
Collection
British Museum
Axis
6
Weight (in gr.)
26.44
British Museum: R.6438
Collection
British Museum
Axis
7
Weight (in gr.)
23.98
453374: PAS Coin
Collection
Portable Antiquities Scheme
Diameter (in mm)
26.35
Weight (in gr.)
5.3
254532: PAS Coin
Collection
Portable Antiquities Scheme
Axis
6
Diameter (in mm)
32
Weight (in gr.)
20.88
Findspot
Isle of Wight
794290: PAS Coin
Collection
Portable Antiquities Scheme
Axis
7
Diameter (in mm)
24.54
Weight (in gr.)
7.13
Findspot
Bath and North East Somerset
Caligula 37-38 n. Chr.
Collection
Münzsammlung des Seminars für Alte Geschichte der Albert-Ludwigs-Universität
Identifier
ID608
Axis
6
Diameter (in mm)
33
Weight (in gr.)
23.15
Caligula 37-38 n. Chr.
Collection
Münzsammlung des Seminars für Alte Geschichte der Albert-Ludwigs-Universität
Identifier
ID607
Axis
8
Diameter (in mm)
34
Weight (in gr.)
23.59
Caligula 37-38 n. Chr.
Collection
The Digital Coin Cabinet of the University of Cologne, Department of History, Ancient History, and Department of Classics, Byzantine Studies
Identifier
ID592
Axis
6
Diameter (in mm)
35
Weight (in gr.)
29.04
Gaius/Caligula 37-38 n. Chr.
Collection
Department of Numismatics and Monetary History at the University of Vienna
Identifier
ID245
Axis
6
Diameter (in mm)
34
Weight (in gr.)
23.64

Quantitative Analysis

Average measurements for this coin type:

Axis
6.39
Diameter (in mm)
31.3
Weight (in gr.)
23.86

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