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Caligula, with Caesonia (fourth wife of Caligula), Æ 28mm 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. 10.87g, 28mm, 2h.
Near 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').
Near 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').