Dublin Core
Title
Sesterius of Emperor Caligula
Subject
money, coins (money)
Description
The coin’s obverse illustrates a profiled bust of Agrippina Senior (14 BCE-33 CE), granddaughter of Emperor Augustus and mother of Emperor Caligula. Agrippina and her husband, General Germanicus, conspired to regain control over the Roman Empire from his adoptive father, Emperor Tiberius, through their shared Julio-Claudian bloodlines and political leverage. The coin likens Agrippina to a male Emperor, implying the magnitude of her socio-political influence. The coin’s reverse illustrates a pushcart helmed by mules, presumably in a funerary procession, as the coin was manufactured under her son’s sovereignty less than ten years after her death.
Creator
Caligula, Emperor of Rome
Source
Sear: 1827
Publisher
ARTH250 (Professor V. Rousseau, fall 2019)
Date
39 CE
Contributor
JS
Rights
University Art Collection, University of St. Thomas (St. Paul)
Relation
[no text]
Format
Brass (metal)
Language
Latin
Type
Physical Object
Identifier
2012.02.192
Coverage
Roman Empire