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Identification and Creation

Object Number
1972.245
People
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
  • 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
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Descriptions

Description
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

Verification Level

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