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LYDIA, Philadelphia. Agrippina Junior. Augusta, AD 50-59. Æ 14mm (3.69 g, 10h). Ti. Neikanor, magistrate. Struck circa AD 54-59. Draped bust right / Cornucopia. RPC 3042; SNG Copenhagen 375.
Nero. AD 54-68. Æ Sestertius (37mm, 25.60 g). Lugdunum (Lyon) mint. Struck circa AD 65. Laureate head left, globe at point of bust / Triumphal arch surmounted by statue of emperor in quadriga accompanied by Pax and Victory, flanked by two soldiers (torch bearers?), a nude, helmeted statue of Mars in side niche of arch, otherwise decorated with friezes of battle scenes. RIC I 393.
MYSIA, Lampsacus. Julius Caesar. 45 BC. Æ 21mm (10.55 g, 12h). Q. Lucretius and L. Pontius, duoviri. [C G] I L across lower fields, laureate head of Julius Caesar right; to left, c/m: LAE monogram in incuse square / Q • LVCRET[I]/L • PONTI above, II [VIR] in right field, CO[L] DED PR in exergue, pontiff driving yoke of oxen right, plowing pomerium. For coin: RPC I 2269.6 (this coin); FITA p. 246, (2) and pl. VIII, 6; SNG France 1262; SNG von Aulock -; SNG Copenhagen -; for c/m: Howgego -.
The Raft of the Medusa (1819) Oil on Canvas by Theodore Géricault
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Augustus. 27 BC-AD 14. AR Denarius (3.62 g, 6h). Spanish mint (Colonia Caesaraugusta?). Struck circa 19-18 BC. Head right, wearing oak wreath / CAESAR AVGVSTVS, S P Q R above and below shield inscribed CL•V; laurel branches flanking. RIC I 36a; BMCRE 354 var.
In the Res Gestae, Augustus records that the Senate, in giving him the title Augustus, also decreed that the doorposts of his house be officially decorated with laurel, that the corona civica be placed over the door, and that a shield be displayed in the Curia Iulia. This shield, or clipeus, had been dedicated to him by the Senate and the Roman People on account of his virtues of bravery, clemency, justice, and piety; virtues which were inscribed on the shield itself. Copies of it were then set up all over the Roman world. The return in 19 BC of the Roman standards captured by the Parthians at the Battle of Carrhae offered an excellent opportunity to once again recall Augustus' pietas, one of the vitues recorded on the clipeus.
Caligula. 37-41. Denarius (Silver, 3.64 g 6), Rome, 40. C.CAESAR.AVG.PON.M.TR.POT.III.COS.III Laureate head of Caligula to right Rev. S.P.Q.R. / P.P /OBC.S. within oak wrreath. BMC -. Cohen 21. RIC 28. . cngcoins.com
The coinage of Caligula has always been popular, probably because of the emperor’s notoriety, so well known from ancient sources. His reign began well, since his predecessor Tiberius had become very unpopular during his later years. However, seven months after his accession to the throne Caligula fell seriously ill and while he recovered, his personality seems to have changed. He became every more extreme, cruel and bizarre. A variety of medical explanations have been adduced for this, the most likely being a form of lead poisoning. Like many of the Julio-Claudians he was quite handsome, but his later portraits do, at least with the benefit of hindsight, seem to show signs of his reputed insanity.
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Extremely rare denarius of Caligula's fourth consulship, which only lasted from 1 January 41 until his assassination on 24 January, and with a new reverse type for the issue. Giard, Lyon (1983), p. 145, knew no aurei of Caligula at all dated COS IIII, and only four denarii, one in Oxford with reverse Divus Augustus, two in Vienna and Mazzini with reverse Agrippina I, and one in a Bourgey sale of 1913 with reverse SPQR P P OB C S in oak wreath. BM 32 may be a second denarius with this last reverse type, but the reading of the dates in the obverse legend requires confirmation. Our Germanicus reverse type, previously unknown, thus completes the expected set of four denarius reverse types for Caligula's final issue of January 41. The obverse die of our denarius appears to be different from those of BM 32 and the four coins reported by Giard.
Agrippina maior, gest. 33 n. Chr. AE Sesterz (28,58 g.), 42 - 43 n. Chr., geprägt unter Claudius. Mzst. Rom. Vs.: AGRIPPINA M F GERMANICI CAESARIS, drapierte Büste n. r. Rs.: TI CLAVDIVS CAESAR AVG GERM P M TR P IMP P P / S C. RIC 102; C. 3; BMC 219; BN 236.
Augustus. 27 BC-AD 14. AR Denarius (19mm, 3.55 g). Spanish mint (Colonia Patricia?). Struck 17-16 BC. Bare head of Augustus right / Mars standing left, holding vexillum and parazonium. RIC I 146; BMCRE 441; RSC 321.
Augustus. 27 BC-AD 14. Æ As (24mm, 9.20 g). Lugdunum (Lyon) mint. Struck 10-7 BC. Laureate head right / Front elevation of the Altar of Lugdunum, flanked by columns surmounted by Victories. RIC I 230; BMCRE 549; Lyon 73; BN 1472ff.
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Nero AE Sestertius. Lugdunum, 65 AD. NERO CLAVD CAESAR AVG GER P M TR P IMP P P, laureate head right, globe at point of neck / S-C, triumphal arch.
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Octavian. 31 BC. AR Denarius (2.88 g, 12h). Cyrene mint. L. Pinarius Scarpus, moneyer. IMP CAESARI above, SCARPVS IMP below, open right hand left / DIVI F on right, AVG PONT on left, Victory standing right on globe, holding palm frond over left shoulder in left hand, and wreath tied with fillet in extended right hand. Crawford 546/6; RIC I 534; CRI 413; Sydenham 1282; RSC 500; BMCRE 689 = BMCRR Cyrenaica 5; BN 894.
, 27 v. Chr. - 14 n. Chr.
Denar (3,78 g.), 19 - 18 v. Chr. Mzst. Colonia Patricia. Vs.: CAESARI AVGVSTO, Kopf mit Lorbeerkranz n. r. Rs.: MAR - VLT, Rundtempel des Mars Ultor, darin Aquila zwischen zwei Standarten. RIC 105a; C. 190; BMC 373; BN 1202; Bauten S. 53 f.; Hill, Monuments S. 27.
Quinten Massys (Follower of) (1466-1530) 'The Money Lenders', The Grohmann Museum, 'Man at Work' collection, Milwaukee, Wisconsin
SYRIA, Seleucis and Pieria. Antioch. Vespasian. AD 69-79. AR Tetradrachm (26mm, 12.57 g, 12h). Dated “New Holy Year” 1 (AD 69). Laureate head right / Eagle standing left on club, holding wreath in beak; palm frond to left. McAlee 343; Prieur 120 (citing 11); RPC II 1953. cngcoins.com
IONIA, Smyrna. Gaius (Caligula). AD 37-41. Æ (16mm, 2.57 g, 12h). C. Calpurnius Aviola, proconsul; Menophanes, magistrate. Struck AD 37/8. Laureate head right / Victory advancing right, holding palm frond and wreath. Klose Type XXVIIA, – (V1/R3); RPC 2473. cngcoins.com
ROMAN MARBLE HEAD OF A YOUTH, POSSIBLY AN EARLY DEPICTION OF NERO
Being crowned emperor by his mother, Agrippina the younger, her fingers visible behind his right ear, or a victorious athlete being crowned.
Ex French collection; private collection, Woodland Hills, California.
Ca. AD 54
H 8 3/4 in. (22.2 cm.)
RAG
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Augustus. 27 BC-AD 14. AR Denarius (19mm, 3.41 g). Spanish mint (Colonia Patricia?). Struck circa 18 BC. Laureate head right / Domed hexastyle temple of Mars Ultor, containing aquila between two signa. RIC I 105a; RSC 190.
ROMAN BRONZE HERAKLES
Standing, with lion skin draped over the left shoulder, holding club in his left hand; on integrally cast square base.
Ca. 1st century AD
H. 5 3/4 in.(14.5 cm.)
Gods & Mortals II, no. 43
Art of the Ancient World, 1999, no. 49
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English: Funerary relief with six figures. Luni marble, early Augustan period. From the ramparts of the Porta Flaminia, 1887.
Français : Relief funéraire à six portraits. Marbre de Luni, période augustéenne ancienne. Provenance : remparts de la porte Flaminia, 1887.
Italiano: Rilievo funerario con sei ritratti. Marmo lunense, primo periodo augusteo. Dai bastioni di Porta Flaminia, 1887.
Accession number MC 2231
Location Centrale Montemartini, first floor, Sala Colonne
Source/Photographer Marie-Lan Nguyen (User:Jastrow) 2009
www.mart.trento.it/antonellodamessina
Il Mart di Rovereto propone un’indagine articolata e uno sguardo originale sulla figura del grande pittore del Quattrocento e sul suo tempo, attraverso lo studio degli intrecci storico-artistici e delle controversie ancora aperte, presentati in questa sede come punti di forza attraverso i quali approfondire nuovi percorsi di interpretazione critica.
Il progetto espositivo, a cura di Ferdinando Bologna e Federico De Melis, ha l’ambizione di ricostruire l’ampia scena storica e geografica dalla quale emerge l’eccezionale individualità di Antonello: un pittore che, a metà del Quattrocento, si fa interprete di un fermento creativo mediterraneo ed europeo incentrato sull’incontro-scontro tra la civiltà fiamminga e quella italiana.
Photo by Fernando Guerra
Mosaico polícromo de teselas de mármol.
Primera mitad del siglo IV d. C.
Villa romana de Cal Ros de les cabres.
El Masnou.
Museo Arqueológico de Barcelona.
Unknown
Roman, 25 B.C. - A.D. 10
Marble
13 3/4 x 6 15/16 x 9 3/4 in.
96.AA.39
The years around the turn of the first century were a time of great change in Roman society. After a period of political upheaval, Augustus established the Roman Empire in 27 B.C. bringing enormous shifts in all aspects of Roman life and art.
In a time when Augustus's court artists were creating sculpture carved in an ageless, classicizing style, this portrait of an old man harks back to the style of portraiture popular in the earlier Republican period. The man's close-cropped hair, furrowed brow, the bags under his eyes, and his sagging cheeks convey a sense of austerity and a sort of "warts and all" realism. Such Roman portraits were intended to embody societal values, such as gravitas (dedication to civic duty) and virtus (excellence of character), rather than reproduce an individual's exact appearance.
Although now broken at the edges of the base, the head originally formed part of a small bust. It may have been sculpted for insertion in a burial niche in a family tomb
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FULVIA, first wife of Mark Antony. 43 BC. AR Quinarius (13mm, 1.68 g, 12h). Lugdunum (Lyon) mint. Bust of Victory right, with the likeness of Fulvia / Lion walking right between A and XL; LVGV in exergue, DVNI above. Crawford 489/5; CRI 122; Sydenham 1160; RSC 4.
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Octavian. Late summer 30 BC. AR Denarius (3.77 g, 5h). Italian (Rome?) mint. Victory, draped, standing right on prow, holding palm frond over left shoulder in left hand and wreath in extended right hand / Octavian driving triumphal quadriga right, the car ornamented with figures on its front and side panels, holding reins in left hand and branch in right; IMP • CAESAR in exergue. RIC I 263; CRI 410; RSC 75; BMCRE 616 = BMCRR Rome 4342; BN -.
Getty Bisagni 'Misfortune at the Mine', The Grohmann Museum, 'Man at Work' collection, Milwaukee, Wisconsin
Augustus. 27 BC-AD 14. AR Cistophorus (25mm, 11.81 g, 12h). Pergamum mint. Struck 19-18 BC. Bare head right / Hexastyle Temple of Rome and Augustus set on five-tiered base; pediment surmounted by acroteria; ROM ET AVGVST on entablature. RIC I 506; Sutherland Group VII; RPC I 2219; BMCRE 705; RSC 86.
English: Bronze statue of Augustus, Archaeological Museum, Athens.
Source: English Wikipedia, original upload 15 October 2003 by Adam Carr (selfmade April 2002)
Français : Statue équestre grandeur nature en bronze d'Octavien Auguste, la seule conservée, retrouvée dans une épave entre l'Eubée et l'île d'Aghios Eustratos. Auguste porte un long chiton et un manteau. Il tenait les rènes de la main gauche. Fin du Ier s. a. C. Musée archéologique national, Athènes, n°23322.
Roman lead water pipes from the House of Livia. The pipes are inscribed with the emperor' name.
Used with permission from jenjordt's photostream
A ROMAN BRONZE ACROBAT
Circa 1st Century A.D.
Wearing a loin cloth and a helmet patterned with indentations, the male figure depicted in a handstand, with his arms slightly bent at the elbows, his muscular body arched, his feet flexed and his head raised
3 5/16 in. (8.4 cm) high
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SYRIA, Coele-Syria. Damascus. Time of Augustus. 27 BC-AD 14. Æ 25mm (15.48 g). Dated CY 306 (7/6 BC). Turreted head of Tyche right / Tyche standing left, holding rudder and cornucopiae; ST (date) in left field. RPC I 4790; Rosenberger 2 corr. (date).
Augustus. 27 BC-AD 14. AR Denarius (20mm, 3.61 g). Emerita mint. P. Carisius, legate. Struck circa 25-23 BC. Bare head left / Trophy consisting of helmet, cuirass, and shield; bound captive at base. RIC I 6 var. (head right); BMCRE 287 var. (same); RSC 404a.
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Augustus. 27 BC-AD 14. AR Denarius (4.13 g, 12h). Rome mint. P. Petronius Turpilianus, moneyer. Struck 19/8 BC. CAESAR AVGVSTVS, bare head right / T-VRPILIANVS III VIR, Tarpeia, bare-headed, with flowing hair, standing facing, wearing tunic, raising both hands, buried to her waist under ten shields. RIC I 299; RSC 494; BMCRE 29-31; BN 157-60.
Augustus. 27 BC-AD 14. AV Aureus (7.82 g, 3h). Italian (Rome?) mint. Struck after 16 January 27 BC. CAESAR • COS • VII CIVIBVS • SER[VATEIS], bare head right / AVGVSTVS above, S C across lower field, eagle with wings spread, standing facing on oak wreath, head left; behind, laurel branches (or trees) flanking. RIC I 277; CRI 435; Calicó 173a (this coin illustrated); BMCRE 656-8 = BMCRR Rome 4371-2; BN 911-3 (Ephesus mint).
Claudius, with Agrippina Junior. AD 41-54. AR Denarius (3.57 g, 6h). Rome mint. Struck AD 50. Laureate head of Claudius right / Laureate and draped bust of Agrippina right. RIC I 81; von Kaenel type 50; RSC 4.
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Agrippina the Younger?
Marble. Ca. 44 A.D.
Inv. No. Cp 6443 (Ma 1232).
Paris, Louvre Museum.
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