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Message:: [QUOTE="SwK, post: 2360364, member: 22309"][ATTACH=full]481354[/ATTACH] Thoughts LOVE AT FIRST SITE Gaius (Caligula). AD 37-41. Sestertius (Orichalcum), Rome,37-38. C CAESAR AVG GERMANICVS P M TR POT /PIETAS Pietas, veiled and draped, seated left, holding patera inher right hand and resting her left arm on a small drapedfigure, standing on basis, facing. Rev. DIVO - AVG / S - CSacrifice scene in front of temple. In foreground, Gaius, veiled,togate, standing left, sacrificing with patera in his right handover garlanded altar on left; behind him, bull standing left,which an attendant, standing right, with axe in belt, is leadingto the altar; behind Caligula, on right, a second attendantstands left, holding patera in his left hand. In background, frontview of temple (of Divus Augustus), showing six columns, witha festoon hanging across the front; in the pediment is a figurein the centre standing left, holding scepter and patera; to leftand right, standing and seated figures, facing inwards, in theangles. On the fastigium, in the center, a quadriga facing,between Victories, left and right, holding wreaths above headsin both hands; outside these, on left, a figure of Mars, stridingleft, holding spear and trophy (?), on right, a group of Aeneas,Anchises, and Ascanius. Banti & Simonetti 70/3 (same dies).BN 51. BMC 41. Cohen 9. RIC 36. A magnificent piece with anatural green patina and a detailed reverse composition.Extremely fine.[/QUOTE]