bpv_943210 - GAIUS CAESAR Assarion
125.00 €(Approx. 138.75$ | 105.00£)
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Type : Assarion
Date: c. 5 AC.
Mint name / Town : Laodicée, Phrygie
Metal : copper
Diameter : 14 mm
Orientation dies : 12 h.
Weight : 2,88 g.
Rarity : R2
Coments on the condition:
Exemplaire sur un petit flan épais. Belle tête de Caius. Frappe molle au revers. Belle patine vert foncé
Catalogue references :
Obverse
Obverse description : Tête nue à droite de Gaius (O°).
Obverse legend : GAIOS - KAISAR, (Gaios Kaisoar).
Reverse
Reverse description : Aigle debout à droite, les ailes ouvertes, la tête à gauche.
Reverse legend : (ANTO) (FILOP)// LAODIKEWN.
Reverse translation : (Anto Polemon Phiopatris).
Commentary
Pour ce type, les auteurs du Roman Provincial Coinage n’ont recensé que trois exemplaires pour ce type.
Historical background
GAIUS CAESAR
(+ 02/21/4 AD)
Caius was born in 20 BC. He is the eldest son of Agrippa (+ 12 BC) and Julie and the brother of Lucius (born in 17 BC), the grandson of Auguste who had adopted him into the gens Julia. Augustus oversaw his education and destined him for the Empire. Caius and his brother received the titles of "prince of youth" and "caesar" as well as the manly toga. They were designated consuls and were to succeed their grandfather. Unfortunately, Lucius died in 2 CE in Marseilles and his brother in 4 CE in Limyra in Lycia, following a wound received eighteen months earlier. They never ruled. Augustus suffered greatly. His wife Livia was accused of having murdered them to offer the succession to Tiberius (according to Suetonius).
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