fme_579768 - CALIGULA Padouan (FAUX SESTERCE) / COUNTERFEIT
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Price : 150.00 €
Type : Padouan (FAUX SESTERCE) / COUNTERFEIT
Date: XVIe siècle
Mint name / Town : Roma
Metal : bronze
Diameter : 36 mm
Orientation dies : 6 h.
Weight : 19,43 g.
Coments on the condition:
Patine sombre hétérogène avec de l’usure sur les hauts reliefs
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 : AGRIPPINA / DRVSILLA / IVLIA / S|C.
Reverse description : Les trois soeurs de Caligula debout de face : Agrippine (la Sécurité) tenant une corne d’abondance reposant sur une colonne, Drusilla (la Concorde) tenant une patère et une corne d’abondance et Julia (la Fortune) tenant un gouvernail et une corne d’abondance.
Reverse translation : “Agrippina, Drusilla, Iulia”.
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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