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Contributor: Teresa Darling.
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| Issuer: | GERMANICUS, adopted son of Tiberius, husband of Agrippina senior, father of Caligula. As (Bronze 9.9 grams, 27.74 mm), struck by Caligula. |
| Obverse: | GERMANICVS CAESAR TI. AVGVST. F. DIVI AVG. N., his bare head left. |
| Reverse: | C. CAESAR AVG. GERMANICVS PON. M. TR. POT., around large S. C |
| Reference: | RIC 35 (Gaius); Sear 600. |
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For more information, read the "Gaius (Caligula)" entry from De Imperatoribus Romanis.
For recent scholarship on Germanicus see TOCS-IN; for book reviews, see Bryn Mawr Classical Reviews. |
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Contributor: Mark Reid.
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| Issuer: | CALIGULA, AD 37-41. AE As. |
| Obverse: | C CAESAR AVG. GERMANICVS PON. M. TR. POT., His bare head left. |
| Reverse: | VESTA S. C., Vesta seated left. |
| Reference: | RIC 38 (Gaius); Sear 616. Grade: aVF. |
| Comments: | For more information, read the "Gaius (Caligula)" entry from De Imperatoribus Romanis.
For recent scholarship on Caligula see TOCS-IN; for book reviews, see Bryn Mawr Classical Reviews. | |
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Contributor: Guy Clark.
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| Issuer: | CALIGULA, AD 37-41. AE As. |
| Obverse: | C. CAESAR AVG. GERMANICVS PON. M. TR. POT., Bust left. |
| Reverse: | VESTA, Vesta seated left. |
| Reference: | RIC 38 (Gaius); Sear 616. Grade: VF. |
| Comments: |
For more information, read the "Gaius (Caligula)" entry from De Imperatoribus Romanis.
For recent scholarship on Caligula see TOCS-IN; for book reviews, see Bryn Mawr Classical Reviews. |
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Contributor: Walter C. Holt.
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| Issuer: | CALIGULA, AD 37-41. AE Sestertius. |
| Obverse: | CAESAR DIVI AVG. PRON. AVG. P. M. TR. P. II, Pietas, veiled and draped, seated left, holding a patera in her right hand, left arm resting on a small, draped figure on a base. (Obverse and reverse are reversed in the image.) |
| Reverse: | DIVO AVG. S. C., Caligula, veiled and togate, holding patera preparing to sacrifice bull in front of hexastyle (six-columned) temple, with two attendants assisting. |
| Reference: | RIC 44 (Gaius). |
| Comments: | For more information, read the "Gaius (Caligula)" entry from De Imperatoribus Romanis.
For recent scholarship on Caligula see TOCS-IN; for book reviews, see Bryn Mawr Classical Reviews. | |
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Contributor: Ognjen Arandjelovic.
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| Issuer: | CALIGULA, AD 37-41, and his fourth wife, CAESONIA. AE 33mm, minted in Carthago Nova, Spain. |
| Obverse: | C CAESAR AVG GERMANIC IMP PM TRP COS, laureate head of Caligula facing right. |
| Reverse: | CN ATEL FLAC CN POM FLAC II VIRQ V I N C, bust of Caesonia facing right, dividing SAL / AVG. |
| Reference: | Sear 624. |
| Comments: |
For more information, read the "Gaius (Caligula)" entry from De Imperatoribus Romanis.
For recent scholarship on Caligula see TOCS-IN; for book reviews, see Bryn Mawr Classical Reviews. |
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Contributor: Teresa Darling
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| Issuer: | AUGUSTUS, 27 BC-AD 14, commemorative issue by Caligula. AE Dupondius. |
| Obverse: | DIVVS AVGVSTVS S. C. Augustus' bare head to the left. |
| Reverse: | CONSENSV. SENAT. ET EQ. ORDIN. P. Q. R. Augustus seated to the left. |
| Reference: | RIC 56 (Gaius); Sear 528. Grade: chVF/VF. |
| Comments: | For more information, read the "Augustus" entry from De Imperatoribus Romanis.
For recent scholarship on Augustus see TOCS-IN; for book reviews, see Bryn Mawr Classical Reviews. | |
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Contributor: Teresa Darling.
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| Issuer: | AGRIPPA, commemorative minted by Caligula. AE As (11.7 grams, 29.13 mm). |
| Obverse: | M. AGRIPPA. L. COS. III, his head right wearing a rostral crown. |
| Reverse: | S. C., Neptune standing to the left holding a trident and a dolphin. |
| Reference: | RIC 58 (Gaius); Sear 556. Grade: VF. |
| Comments: |
For more information, read the "Gaius (Caligula)" entry from De Imperatoribus Romanis.
For recent scholarship on Agrippa see TOCS-IN; for book reviews, see Bryn Mawr Classical Reviews. |
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Contributor: David Sorenson.
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| Issuer: | AGRIPPA, commemorative minted by Caligula. AE As (8.64gm). |
| Obverse: | M. AGRIPPA. L. COS. III, his head right wearing a rostral crown. |
| Reverse: | Neptune standing holding cloak, dolphin and trident. |
| Reference: | RIC 58 (Gaius); Sear 556. Grade: aVF. |
| Comments: | Agrippa was the maternal grandfather of Caligula. For more information, read the "Gaius (Caligula)" entry from De Imperatoribus Romanis.
For recent scholarship on Agrippa see TOCS-IN; for book reviews, see Bryn Mawr Classical Reviews. | |
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Contributor: Teresa Darling.
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| Issuer: | AGRIPPA, commemorative minted by Caligula. AE As (10grams, 27.88/27.06mm). |
| Obverse: | M. AGRIPPA L. F. COS. III, his head to the left wearing rostral crown. |
| Reverse: | S. C., Neptune standing facing, his head left, holding trident (and dolphin). |
| Reference: | RIC 58 (Gaius); Sear 556. Grade: Fine+/Abo |
| Comments: |
For more information, read the "Gaius (Caligula)" entry from De Imperatoribus Romanis.
For recent scholarship on Agrippa see TOCS-IN; for book reviews, see Bryn Mawr Classical Reviews. |
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Contributor: Teresa Darling.
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| Issuer: | ANTONIA, mother of Claudius, grandmother of Caligula. Dupondius (30mm), struck by Claudius. |
| Obverse: | ANTONIA AVGVSTA, her draped bust to the right. |
| Reverse: | TI. CLAVDIVS CAESAR AVG. P. M. TR. P. IMP. P. P. S. C., Claudius, veiled, standing left holding simpulum. |
| Reference: | RIC 92; Sear 596. |
| Comments: | For more information, read the "Claudius" entry from De Imperatoribus Romanis.
For recent scholarship on Antonia see TOCS-IN; for book reviews, see Bryn Mawr Classical Reviews. | |
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