Type of object: Coin
Authority
Authority: Caligula
Chronology: 37-38 AD
Metal: AE
Denomination: As
Geographic
Mint: Rome
Region: Italy
Description
Obverse
Legend: C CAESAR AVG GERMANICVS PON M TR POT
Type: Head of Caligula l., bare
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Reverse
Legend: VESTA; S C
Type: Vesta, veiled and draped, seated l. on throne with ornamented back and legs, holding patera in r. hand and long transverse sceptre in l.
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Classification
Classification/Bibliographic References: RIC I, 38
Physical description
Weight (in gr.): 10,31
Diameter (in mm.): 26,96
Axis: 180
Collocation
Collection: Bilotti, D, 176