Coin: æ as

Museum number:
8-7561
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21080007561
Alternate number:
8-6465b (original number)
Accession number:
Acc.184 and Acc.892
Description:
Coin, Æ as, 26 mm, 9.78 grams. Obverse: Head of Caligula, laureate, bare, facing left; ...AVG GERMANICUS... Reverse: figure of Vesta, seated on throne, facing left, veiled and draped, holding patera in right hand and scepter in left. VESTA above, S C in field, large, left and right.
Donor:
Alfred Emerson, Doe Library (UC Berkeley), and University of California Library
Collection place:
Rome (ancient city)
Production place:
Rome (ancient city)
Culture or time period:
Julio-Claudian Dynasty (27 BC–68 AD)
Collector:
Alfred Emerson
Collection date:
unknown
Materials:
Bronze (metal)
Person depicted:
Caligula (Emperor of Rome) and Vesta (Roman deity)
Inscription:
Obverse legend: ...AVG GERMANICUS... and Reverse legend: VESTA; SC
Object type:
archaeology
Object class:
Coins (money)
Function:
7.5 Issued Currency and Associated Containers
Production date:
37-38 AD
Accession date:
1905 and 1946
Department:
Classical Mediterranean
Dimensions:
linear 26 millimeters and weight 9.78 grams
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 8 titled Coin: æ as, accession number 8-7561, described as Coin, Æ as, 26 mm, 9.78 grams. Obverse: Head of Caligula, laureate, bare, facing left; ...AVG GERMANICUS... Reverse: figure of Vesta, seated on throne, facing left, veiled and draped, holding patera in right hand and scepter in left. VESTA above, S C in field, large, left and right.Hearst Museum object 2 of 8 titled Coin: æ as, accession number 8-7561, described as Coin, Æ as, 26 mm, 9.78 grams. Obverse: Head of Caligula, laureate, bare, facing left; ...AVG GERMANICUS... Reverse: figure of Vesta, seated on throne, facing left, veiled and draped, holding patera in right hand and scepter in left. VESTA above, S C in field, large, left and right.Hearst Museum object 3 of 8 titled Coin: æ as, accession number 8-7561, described as Coin, Æ as, 26 mm, 9.78 grams. Obverse: Head of Caligula, laureate, bare, facing left; ...AVG GERMANICUS... Reverse: figure of Vesta, seated on throne, facing left, veiled and draped, holding patera in right hand and scepter in left. VESTA above, S C in field, large, left and right.Hearst Museum object 4 of 8 titled Coin: æ as, accession number 8-7561, described as Coin, Æ as, 26 mm, 9.78 grams. Obverse: Head of Caligula, laureate, bare, facing left; ...AVG GERMANICUS... Reverse: figure of Vesta, seated on throne, facing left, veiled and draped, holding patera in right hand and scepter in left. VESTA above, S C in field, large, left and right.Hearst Museum object 5 of 8 titled Coin: æ as, accession number 8-7561, described as Coin, Æ as, 26 mm, 9.78 grams. Obverse: Head of Caligula, laureate, bare, facing left; ...AVG GERMANICUS... Reverse: figure of Vesta, seated on throne, facing left, veiled and draped, holding patera in right hand and scepter in left. VESTA above, S C in field, large, left and right.Hearst Museum object 6 of 8 titled Coin: æ as, accession number 8-7561, described as Coin, Æ as, 26 mm, 9.78 grams. Obverse: Head of Caligula, laureate, bare, facing left; ...AVG GERMANICUS... Reverse: figure of Vesta, seated on throne, facing left, veiled and draped, holding patera in right hand and scepter in left. VESTA above, S C in field, large, left and right.Hearst Museum object 7 of 8 titled Coin: æ as, accession number 8-7561, described as Coin, Æ as, 26 mm, 9.78 grams. Obverse: Head of Caligula, laureate, bare, facing left; ...AVG GERMANICUS... Reverse: figure of Vesta, seated on throne, facing left, veiled and draped, holding patera in right hand and scepter in left. VESTA above, S C in field, large, left and right.Hearst Museum object 8 of 8 titled Coin: æ as, accession number 8-7561, described as Coin, Æ as, 26 mm, 9.78 grams. Obverse: Head of Caligula, laureate, bare, facing left; ...AVG GERMANICUS... Reverse: figure of Vesta, seated on throne, facing left, veiled and draped, holding patera in right hand and scepter in left. VESTA above, S C in field, large, left and right.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Coin: æ as, accession number 8-7561, described as Coin, Æ as, 26 mm, 9.78 grams. Obverse: Head of Caligula, laureate, bare, facing left; ...AVG GERMANICUS... Reverse: figure of Vesta, seated on throne, facing left, veiled and draped, holding patera in right hand and scepter in left. VESTA above, S C in field, large, left and right.

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