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Caligula, with Caesonia, Æ As of Carthago Nova, Spain. Circa AD 37-41. C CAESAR AVG GERMANIC IMP P M TR P COS, laureate head of Caligula to right / CN ATEL FLAC CN POM FLAC II VIR QVINC, draped bust of Caesonia(?), as Salus, to right; SAL-AVG across fields. ACIP 3155; RPC I 185; SNG Copenhagen 503. 10.89g, 27mm, 9h.
Very Fine.
From the Antonio Carmona Collection.
The reverse portrait has been traditionally identified, following Cohen, as Caesonia - the fourth and last wife of Caligula. However, this identification is disputed by other numismatists who identify the portrait as either Antonia, or simply Salus (without being an imperial personage 'in the guise of').
Very Fine.
From the Antonio Carmona Collection.
The reverse portrait has been traditionally identified, following Cohen, as Caesonia - the fourth and last wife of Caligula. However, this identification is disputed by other numismatists who identify the portrait as either Antonia, or simply Salus (without being an imperial personage 'in the guise of').