Description
Obverse: Bare head of Caligula. Reverse: Vesta, veiled and draped, seated on throne holding a transverse scepter. Caligula became general at the age of 25. Caligula was the third son of Germanicus, a popular general related to Augustus. Vesta, the goddess of the hearth fire, held an important symbolic role in Roman life. As Rome developed, the hearth fire became more prominent and accessible in Roman homes. Thus, this figure of Vesta signifies the social progression Rome had made as a country.