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Sestertius with bust of Gaius (Caligula)
Roman
Imperial Period
A.D. 37–38 (or Modern?)
Mint: Rome
Medium/Technique
Bronze
Dimensions
Diameter: 35 mm. Weight: 23.97 gm. Die Axis: 6
Credit Line
Theodora Wilbour Fund in memory of Zoë Wilbour
Accession Number1978.39
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAncient Greece and Rome
ClassificationsNumismatics – Coins
DescriptionObverse: Laureate bust of Caligula to right.
CCAESARAVGGERMANICVSPONMTRPOT
Reverse: Agrippina, Drusilla, Julia as Securitas, Concordia and Fortuna.
AGRIPPINA DRVSILLA IVLIA
In exergue: S.C
CCAESARAVGGERMANICVSPONMTRPOT
Reverse: Agrippina, Drusilla, Julia as Securitas, Concordia and Fortuna.
AGRIPPINA DRVSILLA IVLIA
In exergue: S.C
ProvenancePossibly from the Earl Fitzwilliam Collection; by 1954: with A. H. Baldwin & Sons, Ltd., 8 Robert Street, Adelphi, London W.C.2; August 1954: purchased by Cornelius C. Vermeule III from A. H. Baldwin & Sons, Ltd.; gift to MFA from Mr. and Mrs. Cornelius C. Vermeule III in honor of their daughter Emily D. B. Vermeule, January 11, 1978; reassigned to the Theodora Wilbour Fund in memory of Zoë Wilbour, January 11, 1978