Caligula - SESTERTIUS temple of Augustus RARE (JA2332)

Gaius (Caligula), 37-41. Sestertius (Orichalcum, 34 mm, 26,56 gr), Rome, 37-38. C CAESAR AVG GERMANICVS P M TR POT / PIETAS Pietas seated left on stool, holding patera in extended right hand and resting left arm on small standing figure. Rev. DIVO - AVG / S-C Caligula togate, standing left, holding patera over altar; victimarius holding bull for sacrifice and attendant holding a patera standing on either side; garlanded hexastyle temple of Divus Augustus in background; pediment decorated with sacrificial scene; quadriga and Victories as acroteria; statues of Romulus and Aeneas along roof line. BMC 41-43. BN 51. Cohen 11. RIC² 36.  Good fine