Object numberCC59.2.0652
as, Roman Empire, Gaius, 40-41 CE
Date40-41 CE
Emperor
Gaius
CultureItalian
MediumAes
DimensionsCoin Dimensions: 2.89 cm, 10.76 g
Credit LineTransfer from Vassar College Classics Department, 1968
On View
Not on viewPeriodRoman Empire
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The bare head of Gaius is facing left, and is encircled by the inscription C CAESAR DIVI AUG PRON AUG P M TR P IIII P P.
GAIUS CAESAR DIVI AUGUSTI PRONEPOS AUGUSTUS PONTIFEX MAXIMUS TRIBUNICIA POTESTIA IIII PATER PATRIAE
C CAESAR DIVI AUG PRON AUG P M TR P IIII P P
Gaius Caesar Augustus, great-grandson of the deified Augustus, pontifex maximus, with tribunician power for the fourth time and father of the fatherland
A veiled and draped Vesta is seated to the left on a decorated throne, with a patera in her right hand and a long sceptre in her left, with VESTA inscribed above and S inscribed to the left and C to the right.
VESTA, SENATUS CONSULTO
VESTA, S C
Vesta . By decree of the senate.
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