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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;cmezner, post: 4625221, member: 87809&quot;]Also a Caligula Pietas but with a different obverse inscription, and reverse countermarks I have not been able to identify, any ideas?</p><p><br /></p><p>The temple before which the sacrifice is being made has been identified as that of the Divine Augustus, built by Tiberius and dedicated by Caligula in 37 AD. </p><p>This coinage commemorates Gaius Caligula&#039;s dedication of the Temple and the young emperor&#039;s sense of Pietas. He is fulfilling his duty by dedicating the temple to his great-grandfather. Caligula celebrated the dedication with a 2-day horse race and wild beast shows that saw the slaughter of 400 bears and the same number of exotic animals brought from Africa.</p><p>Coins of this type were also struck in 39 and 40 AD (RIC I² Gaius/Caligula 44).</p><p><br /></p><p>Æ Sestertius, Rome, 37 - 38 AD</p><p>34 x 35 mm, 26.53 g</p><p>RIC I² Gaius/Caligula 36; BMC Rom I, 41; Cohen 9;</p><p><br /></p><p>Ob.: C•CAESAR•AVG•GERMANICVS•P•M•TR• POT Pietas, draped and veiled, seated l., holding patera in outstretched r. hand, l. arm resting on small, facing female statuette (Spes?) on rectangular base. PIETAS in ex.</p><p><br /></p><p>Rev.: DIVO - AVG {small lettering}&nbsp; / S-C In front of a garlanded, hexastyle Divus Augustus temple, Caligula togate and veiled standing l. holding patera over garlanded altar; on either side, victimarius, holding bull for sacrifice, and attendant, holding patera</p><p><br /></p><p style="text-align: center">[ATTACH=full]1144771[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]1144772[/ATTACH]</p><p>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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