Description: Phrygia, Laodikeia, Gaius (grandson of Augustus) as Caesar. Struck ca 5 AD. ΓΑΙΟΣ ΚΑΙΣΑΡ; bare head right / ΛΑΟΔΙΚΕΩΝ; eagle with spread wings between two monograms.

Diameter: AE15 mm

Weight: 3,1 g

Grade: aVF/F

Attribution: RPC I 2900; BMC 154

Commentary: rare; dark green patina, slightly off-center, good head

History: Gaius Julius Caesar, the grandson of Augustus, was made with his younger brother Lucius Caesar the heir to emperor Augustus, but both brothers died in their early twenties, making the path for the accession of Tiberius.

Article Number: 032-03-06-41652