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bpv_492768 - CALIGULA Assarion
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Item sold on our e-shop (2018)
Price : 195.00 €
Item sold on our e-shop (2018)
Price : 195.00 €
Type : Assarion
Date: c. 37-41
Mint name / Town : Philadelphia, Lydie
Metal : copper
Diameter : 18 mm
Orientation dies : 6 h.
Weight : 4,76 g.
Rarity : R2
Coments on the condition:
Exemplaire sur un petit flan légèrement décentré. Belle tête de Caligula. Joli revers. Épaisse patine vert foncé
Catalogue references :
Predigree :
Cet exemplaire provient de la vente CNG Eauction 160, 2007, n° 203
Obverse
Obverse description : Tête nue de Caligula à droite (O°).
Obverse legend : GAIOS -[KAIS]AR.
Reverse
Reverse description : Capricorne à gauche, surmonté d’une corne d’abondance ; à l’exergue, un monogramme.
Reverse legend : FILOKAISAR/ [FIL]ADELFEWN// [A]NTIOCOS/ [A]POLLODO/TOU.
Reverse translation : (de Philadelphie, Antiochos Apollodotoy Philocaesar).
Commentary
Pour ce type, les auteurs du Roman Provincial Coinage ont recensé sept exemplaires avec un poids moyen de 4,55 g. Ce type semble plus rare que ne le laissent supposer les ouvrages généraux. C’est la première fois que nous proposons ce type à la vente.
Historical background
CALIGULA
(16/03/37-24/01/41)
Caligula was born on August 31, 12 in Antium. Ninth child of Germanicus and Agrippina the Elder, he lost his father in 19. His mother was disgraced by Tiberius and died in exile in 33. He was Augustus' great-grandson through his mother and the little -nephew of Tiberius by his father. Caligula succeeds Tiberius after having assassinated him (according to Suetonius). His real name is Caius Caesar. His nickname comes from a "caliga" military shoe that he wore as a child with his father, in the army. After a promising start in 37-38, he was assassinated in 41.
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