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Object Type
Museum number: 1898,0803.8
Denomination: aureus
Description: Gold coin. (whole); Head of Gaius, laureate, right. (obverse); Bust of Agrippina, draped, right; her hair knotted in a long plait at the back. (reverse)
State
Authority
Cultures/periods
Production date: 40
Production place: Minted in: Rome (city)
Findspot: Excavated/Findspot: India (pre-1947) (probably)
Materials
Dimensions: Die-axis: 6 o'clock; Weight: 7.610 grammes
$Inscriptions
Curator's comments: There is a vertical chisel cut on the reverse head, probably made for testing of the metal.
Bibliographic references: RE1 / Coins of the Roman Empire in the British Museum, vol. 1: Augustus to Vitellius (22, p.149); RIC1 / The Roman Imperial Coinage, vol. 1 (21, p.109); Turner 1989 / Roman Coins from India (p.103) (mistakenly reported as RE 51)
Location: Not on display
Exhibition history: Exhibited: 2016-17, 13 Oct - 7 May, BM, G69a Defacing the past: desecration and damnation in imperial Rome
Subjects: emperor/empress; royal/imperial
Associated names: Named in inscription & portrayed: Gaius (Caligula); Named in inscription & portrayed: Agrippina the Elder
Acquisition name
Acquisition date: 1898
Department: Coins and Medals
Registration number: 1898,0803.8
Additional IDs: Miscellaneous number: HSBC.592 (Money Gallery Exhibited)
C&M catalogue number: RE1 (149) (22)
Conservation

Free entry