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v49_0528 - CALIGULA As, (MB, Æ 29)

CALIGULA As, (MB, Æ 29) AU/AU
MONNAIES 49 (2011)
Starting price : 420.00 €
Estimate : 750.00 €
Realised price : 450.00 €
Number of bids : 2
Maximum bid : 650.00 €
Type : As, (MB, Æ 29)
Date: 37-38
Mint name / Town : Roma
Metal : copper
Diameter : 28,5 mm
Orientation dies : 8 h.
Weight : 10,49 g.
Coments on the condition:
Exemplaire sur un flan large bien centré. Portrait de haut relief, bien venu à la frappe. Joli revers de style fin. Magnifique patine vert foncé
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, tenant un sceptre de la main gauche et une patère de la droite.
Reverse translation : “Vesta”, (Vesta).

Commentary


Certains auteurs ont vu dans la déesse du revers la représentation d’Antonia, la grand-mère de Caligula, la femme de Néron Drusus et la mère de Germanicus, morte en 37.
Some authors have seen in the goddess on the reverse the representation of Antonia, the grandmother of Caligula, the wife of Nero Drusus and the mother of Germanicus, who died in 37

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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