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Caligula Denarius. C CAESAR AVG GERM PM TR POT, bust right / SPQR - P P - OB C S in 3 lines within wreath. RSC 19.
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Related Articles of Caligula from American Numismatic Society Library Search
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Full Record: Barrett, Anthony A. The invalidation of currency in the Roman Empire : the Claudian demonetization of Caligula's AES. (1999)
Full Record: Bost, Jean-Pierre. Routes, cits et ateliers montaires : quelques remarques sur les officines hispaniques entre les rgnes d'Auguste en de Caligula. (1999)
Full Record: Bibliothque Municipale d'Etude et d'Information de Grenoble. Grenoble : Bibliothque Municipale d'Etude et d'Information : catalogue des monnaies. II. Monnaies romaines. Monnaies impriales romaines. 2. Caligula - Neron . Index. / Bernard Rmy, Frdric Bontoux, Virginie Risler. (1998)
Full Record: Gainor, John R. The image of the Julio-Claudian dynasty from coins / by John R. Gainor.
Full Record: Martini, Rodolfo. Monete romane imperiali del Museo G. B. Adriani. Parte 3, Caius (37-41 d.C.) / Rodolfo Martini. (2001)
Full Record: ACCLA privy to presentation by Richard Baker on Caligula. (2002)
Full Record: Wend, David A. Caligula, the emperor as autocrat. Part 1. (2002)
Full Record: Wend, David A. Caligula, the emperor as autocrat. Part 2. (2002)
Full Record: Wend, David A. Caligula, the emperor as autocrat. Part 3. (2002)
Full Record: Kemmers, Fleur. Caligula on the Lower Rhine : Coin finds from the Roman Fort of Albaniana (The Netherlands) / Fleur Kemmers. (2004)
Full Record: Estiot, Sylviane. Le trsor de Meussia (Jura) : 399 monnaies d'argent d'poques rpublicaine et julio-claudienne / Sylviane Estiot, Isabelle Aymar. (2002)
Full Record: Gocht, Hans. Namenstilgungen an Bronzemünzen des Caligula und Claudius / Hans Gocht. (2003)
Full Record: Gomis Justo, Marivi. Ercavica : La emision de Caligula. Estimacion del numero de cunos originales.
Full Record: Sayles, Wayne G. Fakes on the Internet. (2002)
Full Record: Kemmers, Fleur. The coin finds from the Roman fort Albaniana, the Netherlands / Fleur Kemmers . (2005)
Full Record: Lopez Snchez, Fernando. La afirmacion soberana de Caligula y de Claudio y el fin de las acunaciones ciudadanas en occidente / Fernando Lopez Snchez. (2000)
Full Record: Besombes, Paul-Andr. Les monnaies hispaniques de Claude Ier des dpôts de la Vilaine (Rennes) et de Saint-Lonard (Mayenne) : tmoins de quel type de contact entre l'Armorique et la pninsule ibrique ? / Paul-Andr Besombes. (2005)
Full Record: Catalli, Fiorenzo. Le thesaurus de Sora / Fiorenzo Catalli et John Scheid.
Full Record: Giard, Jean-Baptiste. Faux deniers de Caligula de la Renaissance.
Full Record: Vermeule, Cornelius. Faces of Empire (Julius Caesar to Justinian). Part II(B), More young faces : Caligula again and Nero reborn / Cornelius Vermeule. (2005)
Full Record: Geranio, Joe. Portraits of Caligula : the seated figure? / Joe Geranio. (2007)
Full Record: Aguilera Hernandez, Alberto. Acerca de un as de Caligula hallado en Zaragoza / Alberto Aguilera Hernandez. (2007)
Full Record: Butcher, K. E. T. Caligula : the evil emperor. (1985)
Full Record: Fuchs, Michaela. Frauen um Caligula und Claudius : Milonia Caesonia, Drusilla und Messalina. (1990)
Full Record: Faur, Jean-Claude. Moneda de Caligula de Museo Arqueologico Provincial de Tarragona. (1979)
Full Record: British Museum. Dept. of coins and medals. Coins of the Roman Empire in the British museum. Vol. I: Augustus to Vitellius / by Harold Mattingly. (1976)
Full Record: Conrad, Edwin. A Caligula Isotope of Hadrian. (1968)
Full Record: Conrad, Edwin. The Metamorphosis of an Allegad 'As of Hadrian.' (1968)
Full Record: Bendall, Simon. A 'new' gold quinarius of Caligula. (1985)
Full Record: Cortellini, Nereo. Le monete di Caligola nel Cohen.
Full Record: Guey, Julien. Les "bains d'or" de Caligula "Immensi Avreorvm Acervi (Sutone, Cal., 42,3).
Full Record: Guey, J. Les "bains d'or" de Caligula : Sutone, Cal. 42, 3.
Full Record: Curry, Michael R. The Aes Quadrans of Caligula. (1968)
Full Record: Jonas, Elemr. L'emploi dar "damnatio memoriae" sur l'un des "dupondius" de Calgula. (1937)
Full Record: Julian, R. W. The coins of Caligula. (1994)
Full Record: Donciu, Ramiro. Cu privire la activitatea militara a lui Caius (Caligula) in anul 40 e.n. (1983)
Full Record: Hansen, Peter. A history of Caligula's Vesta. (1992)
Full Record: Kaenel, Hans-Markus von. Augustus, Caligula oder Caludius? (1978)
Full Record: Kaenel, Hans-Markus von. Die Organisation der Münzprgung Caligulas. (1987)
Full Record: Johansen, Flemming S. The sculpted portraits of Caligula. (1987)
Full Record: Carter, G. F. Chemical compositions of copper-based Roman coins. V : imitations of Caligula, Claudius, and Nero / G. F. Carter and others. (1978)
Full Record: Giard, Jean-Baptiste. L'atelier de Lyon sous Auguste : Tibre et Caligula. (1979)
Full Record: Giard, Jean-Baptiste. Les missions d'or et d'argent de Caligula dans l'atelier de Lyon. (1976)
Full Record: Giard, Jean-Baptiste. Le monnayage de l'atelier de Lyon des origines au rgne de Caligula (43 avant J.-C. - 41 aprs J.-C.). (1983)
Full Record: Nony, D. Quelques as d'imitation de Caligula trouves a Bordeaux (Gironde). (1981)
Full Record: Levy, Brooks Emmons. Caligula's radiate crown. (1988)
Full Record: Poulsen, Vagn. Un nouveau visage de Caligula. (1972)
Full Record: Price, Martin Jessop. Elephant in Crete? New light ona cistophorus of Caligula. (1973)
Full Record: MacInnis, H. Frank. Ego-driven emperor commits excesses. (1979)
Full Record: McKenna, Thomas P. The case of the curious coin of Caligula : a provincial bronze restruck with legend-only dies. (1994)
Full Record: Mowat, Robert. Bronzes remarquables de Tibre, de son fils, de ses petits-fils et de Caligula. (1911)
Full Record: Koenig, Franz E. Roma, monete dal Tevere : l'imperatore Gaio (Caligola). (1988)
Full Record: Kollgaard, Ron. Caligula's coins profile despot. (1993)
Full Record: Kollgaard, Ron. A numismatic mystery : "the Caligula quadrans." (1994)
Full Record: Martini, Rodolfo. Osservazioni su contromarche ed erosioni su assi de Caligula. (1980)
Full Record: Szaivert, Wolfgang. Moneta Imperii Romani. Band 2 und 3. Die Münzprgung der Kaiser Tiberius und Caius (Caligula) 14/41 / von Wolfgang Szaivert. (1984)
Full Record: Boschung, Dietrich. Die Bildnisse des Caligula. Kaenel, Hans-Markus von. Jucker, Hans. Deutsches Archaologisches Institut. Das Romische Herrscherbild. 1. Abt., Bd. 4, Die Bildnisse des Caligula / Dietrich Boschung ; mit einem Beitrag von Hans-Markus von Kaenel ; auf Grund der Vorarbeiten und Marterialsammlungen von Hans Jucker. (1989)
Full Record: Rosborough, Ruskin R. An epigraphic commentary on Suetonius's life of Gaius Caligula. A thesis...for the...Doctor of Philosophy. (1920)
Full Record: Richard, Jean-Claude. A propos de l'aureus de Caligula dcouvert Saint-Colomban-des-Villards (Savoie). (1982)
Full Record: Richard, Jean-Claude. Un aureus de Caligula dcouvert Saint-Colomban-des-Villards (Savoie). (1982)
Full Record: Ritter, Hans-Werner. Adlocutio und Corona Civica unter Caligula und Tiberius. (1971)
Full Record: Kumpikevicius, Gordon C. A numismatic look at Gaius. (1979)
Full Record: Savio, Adriano. La coerenza di Caligola nella gestione della moneta / Adriano Savio. (1988)
Full Record: Savio, Adriano. Note su alcune monete di Gaio-Caligola. (1973)
Full Record: Stylow, Armin U. Die Quadranten des Caligula als Propaganda-münzen.münzen" aus der stdtischen sammlung zu Osnabrück. (1971)
Full Record: Schwartz, Jacques. Le Monnayage Snatorial entre 37 et 42 P.C. (1951)
Full Record: Rodolfo Martini, ed. Sylloge nummorum Romanorum. Italia. Milano, Civiche Raccolte Numismatiche Vol. 1 Giulio-Claudii / a cura di Rodolfo Martini. (1990)
Full Record: Szaivert, Wolfgang. Zur Julisch-Claudischen Münzprgung. (1979)
Full Record: Vedrianus. The Roman Imperial series. V. Gaius. (1963)
Full Record: Tietze, Christian M. Kaiser Cajus Caesar, genannt Caligula. (1979)
Full Record: Wood, Susan. Diva Drusilla Panthea and the sisters of Caligula / Susan Wood. (1995)
Full Record: Sutherland, Carol Humphrey Vivian. Coinage in Roman imperial policy 31 B.C.-A.D. 68. (1951)
Full Record: Sutherland, C. H. V. The mints of Lugdunum and Rome under Gaius : an unsolved problem. (1981)
Full Record: Trillmich, Walter. Familienpropaganda der Kaiser Caligula und Claudius : Agrippina Maior und Antonia Augusta auf Münzen. (1978)
Full Record: Voirol, August. Eine Warenumsatzsteuer im antiken Rom und der numismatische Beleg inher Aufhebung : Centesima rerum venalium. (1943)
Full Record: Trillmich, Walter. Zur Münzprgung des Caligula von Caesaraugusta (Zaragoza). (1973)
Gaius (Caligula). AD 37-41. Æ As (28mm, 10.56 g). Rome mint. Struck AD 37-38. Bare head left / Vesta seated left, holding patera and scepter. RIC I 38; BMCRE 46; Cohen 27.
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Nero. AD 54-68. Æ Sestertius (33mm, 26.54 g, 6h). Rome mint. Struck AD 66. Laureate head right / Temple of Janus with latticed windows and garland hung across closed doors. RIC I 323; WCN 162. cngcoins.com
Bottle
Roman, Early Imperial Period, 1st century A.D.
Legacy dimension: .08 H.
Glass, mold-blown
Classification: Vessels
Object is currently not on view
molded ornamentation on body. Deep blue.
Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
M. Elizabeth Carter Collection—Gift of Nellie Parney Carter, 1929
Accession number: 29.974
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English: Portrait of Germanicus. Marble, Roman artwork of the Imperial era, 1st half of the 1st century CE. From Mentana.
Français : Portrait de Germanicus. Marbre, œuvre romaine de l'époque impériale, première moitié du Ier siècle ap. J.-C. Provenance : Mentana.
Location Ground floor, gallery II
Source/Photographer Jastrow (2006
English: Detail of a marble statue of Livia Drusilla (58 BC–29 CE), sculpted in the first half of the 1st century CE, and found in Baena (Province of Córdoba, Andalusia, Spain). She is depicted as goddess Ceres, a deity very venerated in the Baetica province.
Español: Detalle de una estatua en mármol de Livia Drusilla (58 a.C.–29 d.C.) procedente de Baena (Provincia de Córdoba, Andalucía, España), esculpida en la primera mitad del siglo I d.C. Está representada como la diosa Ceres, muy venerada en la Bética.
References English: Museum's caption
Español: Ficha del museo
Source/Photographer Luis García (Zaqarbal), 14 May 2006(2006-05-14).
Casa del Centenari
Detalle de la Casa del Centenario.
Pompeya.
Reproducción en el Museo Arqueológico de Barcelona.
A slab of stone found in Nazareth in 1878, inscribed with a decree form Emperor Claudius (AD 41-54) that no graves should be disturbed or bodies extracted or moved. With the offender being sentenced to Capital punishment on the charge of violation of a sepulcher.
Gold Quinarius 18/19, Lugdunum. TI DIVI F - AVGVSRVS Head, laureate, to r. Rev. TR POT - XX Victory seated on globe to r., holding patera. 3,72 g. RIC 6. BMC 67.
Augustus. 27 BC-AD 14. AR Denarius (18mm, 3.77 g). Lugdunum (Lyon) mint. Struck 2 BC-AD 4. Laureate head right / Caius and Lucius Caesar standing facing, holding shields and spears between them; simpulum and lituus above. RIC I 207; BMCRE 519; RSC 43.
TIBERIUS. 14-37 AD. Æ Dupondius (30mm, 22.92 g). Rome mint. Struck circa 16-22 AD. Laureate head left / MODERATIONI, small bust of Tiberius within laurel wreath; all in the center of a large shield with palmettes and raised petals. RIC I 39; BMCRE 90; Cohen 5.
The dating of this rare As and its counterpart with the reverse "CLEMENTIAE" is still much debated. The authors of RIC date the issue to 16-22 AD while the authors of the BN Catalog date it to 34-37 AD, following Gesche, JNG 1971, and Biasoli, QT 1977.
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BYZACIUM, Hadrumentum. Augustus. 27 BC-AD 14. Æ “Dupondius” (27mm, 12.01 g, 3h). Fabius Africanus, proconsul. Struck 6-5 BC. AFR[IC] FABIVS MAX COS PR[O]COS VII [E]PVL, bare head of Fabius Maximus Africanus right / [H]ADRVM, draped bust of Baal right, wearing tiara, raising right hand and holding two grain ears in left. RPC I 780; MAA 91; Müller, Afrique 29; SNG Copenhagen 64-5.
ROMAN REPUBLICAN MARBLE NEAR LIFESIZE HEAD OF AN ELDER MALE
Carved in high relief, facing right.
An exceptional example of Roman veristic portraiture.
Cf. Vermeule, Sculpture in Stone, Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, 324 for another very similar head referred to as ‘Homer’.
Mid-1st Century BC
H. 10 1/2 in. (26.7 cm.)
Art of the Ancient World, 2007, no. 20
Art of the Ancient World, 1992, no. 37
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Gladiator memorial
Description: A white marble altar-stele (H. 0.79 x W. 0.43 x D. 0.41) with moulding above and below on three sides; the upper moulding, which may have been inscribed, is worn away. On the face a gladiator, of the Thracian type, advancing to his left. He wears a helmet, and has a round shield on his left arm and a ?sword in his right hand. He is dressed in a belted tunic, and has ?boots
Text: No text.
Letters: No text.
Date: Second to third centuries A.D. (content)
Findspot: Stray
Original Location: Unknown
Last recorded location: Museum (2004)
History of discovery: Recorded by the NYU expedition.
Bibliography: published by Roueché, PPA 33.
Text constituted from: Transcriptions (Reynolds, Roueché) This edition Roueché (2007).
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CAPPADOCIA, Caesarea-Eusebia. Nero, with Agrippina Junior. AD 54-68. AR Drachm (17mm, 3.68 g, 12h). Struck AD 54-56. Laureate head of Nero right / Draped bust of Agrippina left, hair in plait; behind double K incuse punch. Sydenham, Caesarea 76 var.; RPC I 3640 var.; Agnes Baldwin, “Un trésor monétaire découvert a Césarée,” Arethuse 17 (October 1917), 10 = Francesco Gnecchi, “Ritrovamenti diversi,” RIN p. 20, 2, pl. I, 3 var.; RPC Supp. I -; RPC Supp. 2 -; RIC I -; Helios 4, lot 268 var.; for c/m: Howgego 850ii.
All references cited above have the double K monogram carved in the dies and struck in relief. The note for Sydenham 76 claims that some coins of this type from the 1906 Caesarea hoard have an incuse monogram applied, but a search through Baldwin’s publication reveals that Sydenham applied the note to the incorrect entry - Baldwin knew of only one example of this type with an unveiled head of Agrippina left (the Gnecchi specimen), which had the monogram in relief and which she presumed to be unique. The monogram presumably stands for Kαισάρεια (τής) Kαππαδοκίας or, more likely, Kοινον Kαππαδοκων. The present coin must have been struck prior to the issue with the monogram in the dies, and the current coin, as well as examples of RPC 3637 with the bust of Agrippina right, were counterstamped to equate them with the later coins. cngcoins.com
Augustus. 27 BC-AD 14. AR Denarius (18mm, 3.62 g, 7h). Lugdunum (Lyon) mint. Struck 2 BC-AD 14. Laureate head right / Gaius and Lucius Caesar standing facing; shields and spears between them; simpulum and lituus above. RIC I 207; RSC 43.
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Livia as Salus.
Marble. 41—54 A.D.
Height 47 cm.
Inv. No. 1422.
Copenhagen, New Carlsberg Glyptotek.
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Augustus. 27 BC-AD 14. AR Denarius (20mm, 3.67 g, 6h). Spanish mint (Tarraco?). Struck circa 18 BC. Laureate head right / Comet with eight rays and tail. RIC I 102; RSC 98.
IONIA, Teos. Augustus. 27 BC-AD 14. Æ 19mm (6.40 g). Laureate head right / Dionysos standing left, holding cantharus and filleted thyrsus; griffin standing left before. RPC I 2515; SNG Copenhagen -; BMC 67.
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Octavian. 30-29 BC. AR Denarius (19mm, 3.56 g). Italian (Rome?) mint. Laureate bust of Octavian, as Jupiter Terminus, right; winged thunderbolt behind / Octavian seated slightly left on curule chair, holding Victory in extended right hand. RIC I 270; CRI 427; BMCRE 637; RSC 116.
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ROMAN MARBLE HEAD OF NIOBE
The ill-fated queen of Thebes, whose children were slaughtered by Apollo for her hubris.
Ex Meyer family collection, Zurich, Switzerland, acquired in the 1970s.
Later 2nd Century AD
H. 9 7/8 in. (25 cm.),
Art of the Ancient World, 2006, no. 20
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This is a great example of a high relief struck coin that would be invaluable for identifying portraits in the round (RE: hairstyle). This is why we want to look at all angles with photos/ frontal/ profile left and right/ . Of course; Nero is easily identified, but with Nero and Drusus Iulius, or Caligula vs. Germanicus, this is where nicely stuck coins in profile are invaluable!! Why coins? They have the legend that identifies the person.
A Roman Woman.
Marble. 30—50 A.D.
Height 39 cm.
Inv. No. 751.
Copenhagen, New Carlsberg Glyptotek.
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Augustus, 27 v. Chr. - 14 n. Chr.
Denar (3,83 g.), 29 v. Chr. Mzst. Rom. Vs.: Kopf n. r. Rs.: Front der Curia Iulia, auf dem Architrav IMP CAESAR, auf dem Giebel Viktoria auf Globus u. Figuren mit Lanzen. Schmuhl, Siegesmonumente Abb. 58; 63; RIC 266; C. 122; BMC 631; BN 52; Bauten S. 18 f. Nr. 23-24; Hill, Monuments S. 44 Abb. 66.
Roman Britain, 1st century AD
Found at the River Alde at Rendham, near Saxmundham, Suffolk
The Conqueror of Britain
This head, found in 1907, formed part of a life-size bronze statue of the Roman emperor Claudius (reigned AD 41-54). The conquest of Britain provided a military triumph for Claudius. He had no existing reputation as a leader, but was perceived as a retiring, scholarly person. Life-size and larger imperial statues were placed in important public and official spaces, and it is conceivable that the statue might originally have occupied such a space in the colonia (settlement) at Colchester.
It has been suggested that the removal of the head, and presumably the destruction of the body of the statue, might have taken place during the rebellion of the British tribal leader Boudica (in AD 61). This can be no more than a theory; there is no certain evidence even linking the statue with Colchester.
Height: 30 cm
courtesy David Emery
CORINTHIA, Corinth. Nero. AD 54-68. Æ 20mm (8.18 g). M. Aci. Candidus and Q. Fulvius Flaccus, duovirs. Struck AD 54-55. Laureate head left / Poseidon in biga drawn by hippocamps left. BCD 436 = Amandry XX 31, dies De/RIIa5.1 (this coin); RPC I 1192
Augustus. 27 BC-AD 14. Fourrée Denarius (20mm, 2.86 g). Imitating Lugdunum (Lyon) mint issue of 11-10 BC. Bare head right / Apollo Citharoedus of Actium standing facing, head left, holding lyre and plectrum. Cf. RIC I 180; cf. BMCRE 478; cf. RSC 165.
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Claudius, with Agrippina Junior. AD 41-54. AR Denarius (17mm, 3.57 g, 7h). Rome mint. Struck AD 50-54. Laureate head of Claudius right / Laureate and draped bust of Agrippina Junior right. RIC I 81; RSC 4.
Tiberius. AD 14-37. AR Denarius (3.70 g, 12h). “Tribute Penny” type. Lugdunum (Lyon) mint. Group 5, AD 36-37. TI CAESAR DIVI AVG F AVGVSTVS, laureate head right, wreath ties with two parallel ribbons with slight undulations / PONTIF MAXIM, Livia (as Pax) seated right on chair, holding scepter in right hand and olive branch in left, feet on footstool; ornate chair legs, single line below. RIC I 30; Lyon 152; RSC 16a; BMCRE 48; BN 33.
Gerhard Adole Janench 'Foundry Worker with Ladle', The Grohmann Museum roof top sculptures, 'Man at Work' collection, Milwaukee, Wisconsin
Title
Marble portrait of the emperor Augustus
Medium; Technique
Marble
Culture
Roman
Period
Early Imperial, Julio-Claudian
Date
ca. A.D. 14–37
Dimensions
H. 27.94 cm.
Classification
Stone Sculpture
Credit Line
Rogers Fund, 1908
Accession Number
08.258.47
On View
Description
Additional Views (Total: 1)
Description
When Octavian took the title of Augustus in 27 B.C., an official portrait was created that embodied the qualities he wished to project, and hundreds of versions of it were disseminated throughout the Empire. The features are individualized, but the overall effect is of calm, elevated dignity and brings to mind Classical Greek art of the fifth century B.C. With this studied understatement, the portraits could evoke the values of the glorious past of Athens and at the same time present the emperor simply as primus inter pares, first among equals.
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MYSIA, Cyzicus. Augustus. 27 BC-AD 14. Æ 17mm (3.17 g). Bare head right / Capricorn left, head reverted; monogram below. RPC I 2245.15 (this coin); SNG France 623-5.
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Unknown
Description English: Emperor Claudius (reigned 41–54). Marble, found at Gabii (Pontano) between 1792 and 1795.
Français : L'empereur Claude (règne de 41 à 54). Marbre, découvert à Gabies (Pontano) entre 1792 et 1795.
Dimensions H. 1.76 m (5 ft. 9 ¼ in.)
Credit line Borghese Collection; purchase, 1907
Accession number Ma 1231 (MR 131)
Location Département des Antiquités grecques, étrusques et romaines, Denon, ground floor, room B
Source/Photographer Jastrow (2006)
Anonymous (Roman). 'Torso of Emperor in Armor,' 14-68. Parian marble. Walters Art Museum (23.80): Acquired by Henry Walters with the Massarenti Collection, 1902.
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SPAIN, Segobriga. Gaius (Caligula). AD 37-41. Æ As (29mm, 14.47 g, 9h). Laureate head left / SEGO/BRIGA in two lines within wreath. RPC I 476; Burgos 2191. cngcoins.com
ROMAN REPUBLICAN MARBLE NEAR LIFESIZE HEAD OF AN ELDER MALE
Carved in high relief, facing right.
An exceptional example of Roman veristic portraiture.
Cf. Vermeule, Sculpture in Stone, Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, 324 for another very similar head referred to as ‘Homer’.
Mid-1st Century BC
H. 10 1/2 in. (26.7 cm.)
Art of the Ancient World, 2007, no. 20
Art of the Ancient World, 1992, no. 37
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