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Object Type
Museum number: R.6432
Denomination: sestertius
Description: Copper alloy coin. (whole); Head of Gaius, laureate, left. (obverse); The three sisters of Gaius, standing facing, draped; on left, Agrippina (as Securitas), head right, holding cornucopia in right hand, resting right hand on column and left hand on Drusilla's shoulder; in centre, Drusilla (as Concordia), head left, holding patera in right hand and cornucopia in left; on right, Julia (as Fortuna), head left, holding rudder in right hand and cornucopia in left. (reverse)
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Cultures/periods
Production date: 37-38
Production place: Minted in: Rome (city)
Materials
Dimensions: Die-axis: 6 o'clock; Diameter: 35 millimetres; Weight: 29.16 grammes
$Inscriptions
Bibliographic references: RE1 / Coins of the Roman Empire in the British Museum, vol. 1: Augustus to Vitellius (37, p.152); PCR / Principal coins of the Romans: Volume I: The Republic c. 290 - 31 BC; Volume II: The Principate 31 BC - AD 296; Volume III: The Dominate AD 294 - 498. (384); RIC1 / The Roman Imperial Coinage, vol. 1 (33, p.110)
Location: Not on display
Exhibition history: 2021 May 27-Oct 24, London, BM SEG, Nero
Subjects: emperor/empress; royal/imperial; allegory/personification; classical deity
Associated names: Named in inscription & portrayed: Gaius (Caligula); Named in inscription & portrayed: Agrippina the Younger; Representation of: Securitas; Named in inscription & portrayed: Julia Drusilla; Representation of: Concordia; Named in inscription & portrayed: Julia Livilla; Representation of: Tyche/Fortuna
Department: Coins and Medals
Registration number: R.6432
C&M catalogue number: RE1 (152) (37)

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