Gemini, LLC
Auction 11 12 January 2014
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Augustus. 27 BC-14 AD. Aureus, 7.78g (5h). Lugdunum, 8 BC. Obv: AVGVSTVS - DIVI F Head laureate right. Rx: C CAES above, [AVGVS F] in exergue, Gaius Caesar on horse galloping right, wearing bulla around neck, holding sword and shield, legionary eagle and two standards behind him. BM 498. Paris 1457. Cohen 39 (50 Fr.). RIC 198. Good Fine
Ex Gemini I, 11-12 January 2005, lot 609. Ex Boston Museum of Fine Arts, acquired in 1975
In 8 BC Augustus introduced his twelve-year-old grandson and adopted son Gaius Caesar to the Roman army in Gaul. The bulla around Gaius' neck signifies that he was still a child and had not yet assumed the toga of manhood (J. Pollini, Gaius Caesar on horseback, Museum Notes 30, 1985)
Ex Gemini I, 11-12 January 2005, lot 609. Ex Boston Museum of Fine Arts, acquired in 1975
In 8 BC Augustus introduced his twelve-year-old grandson and adopted son Gaius Caesar to the Roman army in Gaul. The bulla around Gaius' neck signifies that he was still a child and had not yet assumed the toga of manhood (J. Pollini, Gaius Caesar on horseback, Museum Notes 30, 1985)