| Collection: | Museum of Fine Arts, Boston |
| Context: | Rome |
| Material: | Bronze |
| Denomination: | Sestertius |
| Issuing Authority: | Roman Senate |
| Actual Weight: | 27.54 g. |
| Date: | exact 37 AD - exact 38 AD |
| Dimensions: | 34 mm. |
| Region: | Latium |
| Period: | Julio-Claudian |
Obverse Type: Caligula, with two attendants (the one on the left holds the sacrificial bull while the one on the right holds a patera, as does Caligula), sacrificing at an altar before the garlanded, hexastyle, Ionic Temple of Divus Augustus. A facing quadriga is placed at the apex of the roof, between two victories holding shields above their heads, and two male figures (Aeneas and Ascanius?) and a figure holding a torch. The pediment is decorated with Mars between four small figures.
Donor: The Catharine Page Perkins Fund
Commentary: Imperial sestertius
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