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Caligula and Caesonia Æ 29mm of Carthago Nova, Hispania. Circa AD 37. 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, laureate head of Caesonia as Salus to right; SAL-AVG across fields. RPC I 185; SNG Copenhagen 503; ACIP 3155. 13.33g, 29mm, 12h.
Good 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').
Good 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').