UBS AG Auction 78. 9th September 2008 
Lot: 1424 

Sold for 4,000 CHF

Gaius "Caligula", 37-41 

Sestertius 37/38, Rome. 26,17 g. 
C CAESAR AVG GERMANICVS PON M TR POT, Veiled Pietas sitting 
to l., holding patera in r. hand, l. elbow resting on 
facing figure on basis. PIETAS in exergue. 
DIVO – AVG / S – C Veiled and togate Caligula standing to
l. in front of hexastyle Temple of Divus Augustus decorated
 with garland. He sacrifices with r. hand out of patera
 over altar decorated with garlands. On l. an attendant
 leads bull to altar, on r. attendant with patera. 

RIC 36. BMC 41. C. 9. 
Red brown patina. Traces of old smoothing. Rare. Extremely fine.

In commemoration of the dedication of the Temple of Divus Augustus in 37 AD with Caligula as Pontifex Maximus. Ex Auction Ratto, Milan, 19 January 1956, lot 49.

Used With permission of Dane's bank, UBS Numismatics, Switzerland.