1972.245: Aureus of Caligula, Lugdunum
Coins
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Identification and Creation
- Object Number
- 1972.245
- People
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Caligula, Roman (r. 37 - 41 CE)
Agrippina The Elder, Roman (r. c. 14 BCE - 33 CE)
- Title
- Aureus of Caligula, Lugdunum
- Classification
- Coins
- Work Type
- coin
- Date
- 37 CE
- Places
- Creation Place: Ancient & Byzantine World, Europe, Lugdunum (Gaul)
- Period
- Roman Imperial period, Early
- Culture
- Roman Imperial
- Persistent Link
- https://hvrd.art/o/195976
Physical Descriptions
- Medium
- Gold
- Metal
- AV
- Technique
- Struck
- Dimensions
- 7.86 g
- Die Axis
- 10
- Denomination
- aureus
- Inscriptions and Marks
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- Obverse Inscription: C CAESAR AVG GERM PM TR POT
- Reverse Inscription: AGRIPPINA MAT C CAES AVG GERM
State, Edition, Standard Reference Number
- Standard Reference Number
- RIC I 2, 7 p. 108; BMC 7
Acquisition and Rights
- Credit Line
- Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Bequest of Frederick M. Watkins
- Accession Year
- 1972
- Object Number
- 1972.245
- Division
- Asian and Mediterranean Art
- Contact
- am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
- Permissions
-
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Descriptions
- Description
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Obv.: Bare head of Gaius (Caligula) r.; around, C CAESAR AVG GERM P M TR POT.
Rev.: Bust of Agrippina, draped, r., her hair falling in queue down her neck; around, AGRIPPINA MAT C CAES AVG GERM.
Publication History
- The Frederick M. Watkins Collection, exh. cat., Fogg Art Museum (Cambridge, MA, 1973), p.148
- Mary T. Boatwright, Imperial Women of Rome: Power, Gender, Context, Oxford University Press (NY) (New York, 2021), p. 101, ill. 3.3
Exhibition History
- The Frederick M. Watkins Collection, Fogg Art Museum, Cambridge, 01/31/1973 - 03/14/1973
- Gods in Color: Painted Sculpture of Classical Antiquity, Harvard University Art Museums, Cambridge, 09/22/2007 - 01/20/2008
- Ancient to Modern, Harvard Art Museums, Cambridge, 01/31/2012 - 06/01/2013
Subjects and Contexts
- Ancient Coins
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Verification Level
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