MONNAIES 29 (2007)
Starting price : 550.00 €
Estimate : 850.00 €
Realised price : 699.00 €
Number of bids : 3
Maximum bid : 801.00 €
Starting price : 550.00 €
Estimate : 850.00 €
Realised price : 699.00 €
Number of bids : 3
Maximum bid : 801.00 €
Type : As, (MB, Æ 28)
Date: 37-38
Mint name / Town : Roma
Metal : copper
Diameter : 28 mm
Orientation dies : 6 h.
Weight : 11,15 g.
Rarity : R1
Coments on the condition:
Exemplaire parfaitement centré des deux côtés. Portrait de toute beauté, et de haut relief. Au revers tous les détails de la draperie de Vesta sont visibles avec un infime tréflage. Patine vert noir granuleuse
Catalogue references :
Obverse
Obverse legend : C CAESAR AVG GERMANICVS PON M TR POT.
Obverse description : Tête nue de Caligula à gauche (O°1).
Obverse translation : “Caius Cæsar Augustus Germanicus Pontifex Maximus Tribunicia Potestate”, (Caius césar auguste germanique grand pontife revêtu de la puissance tribunitienne).
Reverse
Reverse legend : VESTA/ S|C.
Reverse description : Vesta voilée, assise à gauche, sur un siège à dossier, richement décoré, tenant un sceptre de la main gauche et une patère de la droite.
Reverse translation : “Vesta”, (Vesta).
Commentary
Épigraphie du droit élégante et raffinée. Revers équilibré.
Elegant and refined epigraphy on the right. Balanced reverse.
Elegant and refined epigraphy on the right. Balanced reverse.
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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