v38_0466 - CALIGULA Quadrans, (PB, Æ 18)
MONNAIES 38 (2009)
Starting price : 100.00 €
Estimate : 150.00 €
unsold lot
Starting price : 100.00 €
Estimate : 150.00 €
unsold lot
Type : Quadrans, (PB, Æ 18)
Date: 40
Mint name / Town : Roma
Metal : copper
Diameter : 17 mm
Orientation dies : 6 h.
Weight : 3,21 g.
Coments on the condition:
Exemplaire sur un flan un peu court sur la légende au droit. Patine marron foncé
Catalogue references :
Obverse
Obverse legend : C CAESAR DIVI AVG PRON AVG, (LA LÉGENDE COMMENCE À 7 HEURES).
Obverse description : Bonnet de liberté accosté des lettres S et C.
Obverse translation : “Caius Cæsar Divi Augusti Pronepos Augusti”, (Caius César arrière petit-fils d'Auguste).
Reverse
Reverse legend : .PON M TR P IIII PP COS TERT AUTOUR DE R C C.
Reverse translation : “Pontifex Maximus Tribunicia Potestate quartum Pater Patriæ Consul tertium”, (Grand pontife revêtu de la quatrième puissance tribunitienne consul pour la troisième fois) / "Remissa Ducentesima" (la taxe du deux-centième).
Commentary
Exemplaire à l’épigraphie élégante et équilibrée caractéristique du Ier siècle.
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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