Caligula

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Events

Created

When	37 CE
Where	Lyon

Was depicted (Actor)

Who	Augustus (-63-14)

Commissioned

Who	Caligula (12-41)

Was depicted (Actor)

Who	Caligula (12-41)

Relation to places

Western Europe

Keywords

Classical antiquity Coin Denar (ANT) Era of Roman Emperors (27 BCE to 395 AD) Gegenstempel, Erasionen u.a Portrait Silver ruler

Description

Front: Kopf des Caligula nach r.
Rear: Kopf des Divus Augustus mit Strahlenkrone nach r. Beiderseits je ein sechsstrahliger Stern.
Overstruck: A coin or medal used as a flan to produce a new coin and that has been struck with a new die.

Inscription

Vorderseite: C CAESAR AVG GER[M P M TR POT COS]

Similar objects

RIC I² Caligula: 002

Material/Technique

Silver; struck

Measurements

Diameter: 18 mm
Weight: 3.63 g

Part of

Von Tiberius zu den Flaviern (2936)

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Literature

BMCRE I 146 Nr. 4 (Lyon, 37-38 n. Chr.).
BNat II Nr. 3-8 (dito).
J.-B. Giard, Le Monnayage de l'Atelier de Lyon. Des origines au règne de Caligula (43 avant J.-C. - 41 après J.C.) (1983) 130 f. Nr. 157 (dito).
RIC I² Nr. 2 (Lyon, 37 n. Chr.).