Coin; AE; Sestertius; Rome. (20.9 grams, 38 mm). Obverse: C CAESAR AVG GERMANICVS... PON[MTRPOT]. Bare head of Caligula, facing left. Reverse: ADLOCVT above; COH• in exergue. Caligula on platform at right, exhorting troops (5 soldiers) at left.
Donor:
Phoebe Apperson Hearst
Collection place:
Rome (ancient city)
Production place:
Sub Mint NC, ancient Rome
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)
Inscription:
ADLOCVT, C CAESAR AVG GERMANICVS... PON[MTRPOT], and Reverse exergue: COH.
Object type:
archaeology
Object class:
Coins (money) and Sestertii
Function:
7.5 Issued Currency and Associated Containers
Production date:
37-38 AD
Accession date:
November 12, 1902
Department:
Classical Mediterranean
Dimensions:
weight 20.9 grams and linear 38 millimeters
Comment:
BMC. Rom. Emp. I, p. 151, 33 ff. RIC I, p. 117 #23 Cohen I, p. 236 #1