Live auction - brm_564880 - CALIGULA As

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Estimate :	250 €
Price :	640 €
Maximum bid :	1 512 €
End of the sale :	28 January 2020 14:35:56
bidders :	8 bidders

Type : As

Date: 37-38

Mint name / Town : Roma

Metal : copper

Diameter : 29 mm

Orientation dies : 6 h.

Weight : 11,66 g.

Coments on the condition:

Monnaie idéalement centrée. Joli revers. Fine usure régulière. Patine vert olive

Catalogue references :

C.27 - RIC.38 - BMC/RE.46 - BN/R.55 - RCV.1803 (1200$) - MRK.11 /9 (1000€)

Predigree :

Exemplaire provenant de la collection Jean-Christophe Payen

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.