- Identification and Creation
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- Object Number
- 1942.176.99
- People
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Caligula, Roman (r. 37 - 41 CE)
Agrippina The Elder, Roman (r. c. 14 BCE - 33 CE)
- Title
- Sestertius of Gaius (Caligula) in honor of Agrippina the Elder, Rome
- Classification
- Coins
- Work Type
- coin
- Date
- 37-41 CE
- Places
- Creation Place: Ancient & Byzantine World, Europe, Rome (Latium)
- Period
- Roman Imperial period, Early
- Culture
- Roman Imperial
- Persistent Link
- https://hvrd.art/o/180961
- Physical Descriptions
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- Medium
- Bronze
- Metal
- AE
- Technique
- Struck
- Dimensions
- 29.37 g
- Die Axis
- 6
- Denomination
- sestertius
- Inscriptions and Marks
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- Obverse Inscription: AGRIPPINA M F MAT C CAESARIS AVGVSTI
- Reverse Inscription: S P Q R MEMORIAE AGRIPPINAE
- State, Edition, Standard Reference Number
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- Standard Reference Number
- RIC I 2, 55 p. 112
- Acquisition and Rights
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- Credit Line
- Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, The George Davis Chase Collection of Roman Coins, Gift of George Davis Chase, Professor of Classics and Dean of Graduate Study at the University of Maine
- Accession Year
- 1942
- Object Number
- 1942.176.99
- Division
- Asian and Mediterranean Art
- Contact
- am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
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- Descriptions
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- Description
- Obv.: Bust of Agrippina r., draped, hair falling in queue down her neck; around, AGRIPPINA M F MAT C CAESARIS AVGVSTI.
Rev.: Carpentum drawn l. by two mules, the cover supported by standing figures at the corners, with ornamented side; above, S P Q R; high l. in field, [M]EMORIAE | [AG]RIPPINAE.
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