Lydia, Philadelphia, Caligula
Description:
Lydia, Philadelphia, Caligula (37 - 41 AD). ΓΑΙΟΣ ΚΑΙΣΑΡ ΓΕΡΜΑΝΙΚΟΣ ΝΕΟΚΑΙΣΑΡΕΩΝ; laureate head right / ΑΓΡΙΠΠΙΝΑΝ ΑΡΤΕΜΩΝ ΕΡΜΟΓΕΝΟΥΣ; Agrippina as a goddess seated right, holding sceptre and cornucopiae.
Diameter:
AE20 mm
Weight:
5,02 g
Grade:
aVF/aVF
Attribution:
RPC 3032
Commentary:
full legends on obverse, some scratches and patina breakes, reverse slightly off-center, some area of flat strike on reverse
History:
Agrippina the Elder, mother of Caligula, had two half-sister with the same name as herself - Vipsania Agrippina.
Article Number:
005-06-02-41652