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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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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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Antonia Minor. Augusta, AD 37 and 41. AV Aureus (18mm, 7.57 g, 1h). Lugdunum (Lyon) mint. Struck under Claudius, AD 41-42. Draped bust right, wearing grain ear wreath / Antonia, as Constantia, draped, standing facing, holding long torch and cornucopia. RIC I 65 (Rome mint; Claudius); Calicó 318a.
Portrait of youthful Nero.
Marble. Ca. 55 A.D.
Height 67 cm.
Inv. No. MC418.
Rome, Capitoline Museums, Palazzo Nuovo, Hall of the Emperors.
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Nero. AD 54-68. Æ Sestertius (35mm, 27.18 g, 6h). Rome mint. Struck circa AD 65. Laureate bust right, wearing aegis / Roma seated left on cuirass, holding Victory and parazonium; various arms around. RIC 275.
SYRIA, Seleucis and Pieria. Antioch. Nero, with Agrippina Junior. AD 54-68. AR Tetradrachm (26mm, 14.24 g). Dated RY 3 and year 105 Caesarean era (AD 56-57). Head of Nero right, wearing oak-wreath / Draped bust of Agrippina right; dual dates in right field. Prieur 74; RPC I 4175.
A ROMAN GLASS BOTTLE
Aubergine in color, free-blown, with a spherical body and slightly tapering cylindrical neck, the rim flaring, on a flat base
5 3/8 in. (13.7 cm) high
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JUDAEA, Caesarea Paneas. Diva Poppaea and Diva Claudia. Died AD 65 and AD 63. Æ (19mm, 6.26 g, 12h). Struck AD 65-68. Statue of Diva Poppaea seated left within distyle temple / Statue of Diva Claudia standing left within hexastyle temple. RPC I 4846; Meshorer 354; Meshorer, Caesarea, pl. 7, H; SNG ANS 858; Hendin 1270. cngcoins.com
The obverse of this coin honors Poppaea, Nero’s (and previously Otho’s) wife. In January of AD 63 she gave birth to Claudia, who survived only four months. This is the only coinage issued in the name of Nero’s daughter. According to Suetonius, Nero killed Poppaea, while pregnant with another child, by violently kicking her in the abdomen.
Nero Claudius Drusus. Died 9 BC. Æ Sestertius (28.82 g, 6h). Rome mint. Struck under Claudius, AD 42-43. Bare head left / Claudius seated left on curule chair, holding branch and roll; globe below, weapons and armor around. RIC I 93 (Claudius); von Kaenel Type 72, 531 (V144/R -[unlisted rev. die]).
Cultura romana.
Siglo III d. C.
Mármol de diferentes colores.
procedente de Itálica, Sevilla.
Museo Arqueológico de Barcelona.
NUMIDIA, Cirta Nova (Sicca). Augustus, with Tiberius. 27 BC-AD 14. Æ Dupondius (25mm, 10.60 g, 6h). Struck circa AD 10. Bare head of Augustus right / Bare head of Tiberius right. RPC I 707; MAA -; Mazard -; SNG Copenhagen 446.
If you are interested in Julio Claudian Iconography and portrait study you may enjoy these two links:
Julio Claudian Iconographic Association- Joe Geranio- Administrator at groups.yahoo.com/group/julioclaudian/
The Portraiture of Caligula- Joe Geranio- Administrator- at
Both are non-profit sites and for educational use only.
Gaius (Caligula). AD 37-41. Æ As (28mm, 11.30 g, 7h). Rome mint. Struck AD 37-38. Bare head left / Vesta seated left, holding patera and vertical scepter. RIC I 38 var. (transverse scepter).
Quinarius 74, AV 3.61 g. IMP CAES VESP AVG P M COS V CENS Laureate head r. Rev. VICTORI – A – AVGVSTI Victory advancing r., holding wreath and palm branch. C –, cf. 613 (silver quinarius). BMC –, cf. 142 (silver quinarius). CBN –, cf. 116 (silver quinarius). RIC –, cf. 78 (silver quinarius). Leu sale 2, 1972, 378.
MACEDON, Thessalonica. Octavian, with Divus Julius Caesar. 27 BC-AD 14. Æ 20mm (9.33 g, 12h). Struck circa 28-27 BC. Laureate head of Divus Julius right / Bare head of Octavian right; A below. RPC I 1554; Touratsoglou Em. I (uncertain dies); SNG ANS 824.
The Caesarians. Julius Caesar. January-February 44 BC. AR Denarius (17mm, 3.24 g, 7h). Rome mint; P. Sepullius Macer, moneyer. Wreathed head right; star of eight rays behind / Venus Victrix standing left, holding Victory and scepter set on star. Crawford 480/5b; Alföldi Type V, 179 (A27/R23); CRI 106a; Sydenham 1071; RSC 41. cngcoins.com
A ROMAN MARBLE TORSO OF VENUS
CIRCA 1ST CENTURY A.D.
The goddess depicted nude, her torso twisted slightly to her left, with her weight in her left hip, the right arm raised, the left lowered, remains of a support along her lower left leg
5½ in. (14 cm.) high
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Casa del Centenari
Detalle de la Casa del Centenario.
Pompeya.
Reproducción en el Museo Arqueológico de Barcelona.
Retrato de Agrippina Maior, nieta del emperador Augusto. Encontrado en el foro.
Siglo I d. C.
Segóbriga
SYRIA, Coele-Syria. Damascus. Nero. AD 54-68. Æ 23mm (10.98 g, 12h). Dated CY 377 (AD 65/6). Laureate head right; lituus before / Tyche seated left on rocks, extending right hand and holding cornucopia; conch shell(?) to right; below, river-god Chrysoroas swimming left. RPC I 4803; Rosenberger 14; SNG München 1012; BMC 6; SNG Copenhagen -.
Nero. AD 54-68. Æ As (28mm, 12.72 g, 6h). Lugdunum mint. Struck circa AD 65. Bare head right, small globe at point of bust; c/m: S P [Q R] within rectangular incuse / Victory flying left, holding inscribed shield. RIC I 477; WCN 574; for c/m: Pangerl 26-7.
This rare countermark was applied to coins of Nero in Gallia Lugdunensis, either by the administration of Vindex or that of Galba between March and June of AD 68. cngcoins.com
AUGUSTUS. 27 BC-14 AD. AR Denarius (3.81 gm, 5h). Lugdunum (Lyon) mint. Struck 2 BC-14 AD. CAESAR AVGVSTVS DIVI F PATER PATRIAE, laureate head right / C L CAESAR[ES] in exergue, AVGVSTI F COS DESIG PRINC IVVENT, Gaius and Lucius Caesars standing facing, resting hands on clipei between them; spears behind; simpulum facing right and lituus facing left in field above. RIC I 207; BMCRE 519; BN 1656; RSC 43.
See BMCRE vol. II, pg. xvii where it is mentioned that the countermark is found on denarii from about 120 BC to those struck under Augustus. The countermark on this issue indicates the continued use of older coins in circulation and the occasional need to identify them as acceptable media of exchange. According to Howgego, this countermark was applied at Ephesus between 1 January 74 and 23 June 79 AD.
A LATE HELLENISTIC OR ROMAN BRONZE FULCRUM TERMINAL
Circa 1st Century B.C.-1st Century A.D.
In the form of a goose head, from a couch, the wide fluted neck arching sharply to the right, the head naturalistically modeled, the wide bulging eyes lidded, the nostrils rendered along the concavities of the bill, which is open revealing the inner sheath, feathers rendered in shallow relief on either side of the head
5 3/8 in. (13.7 cm) long
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CALIGULA. 37-41AD. AR Denarius (2.84 gm) of Lyons, 37-38 AD. Bare head / Radiate bust of Augustus between two stars. RIC.2
Architrave block from the Temple of Athena at Assos with facing sphinxes
Greek, East Greek, Archaic Period, about 540–525 B.C.
Findspot: Assos (Behramkale), Troad, Anatolia (Turkey)
Trachyte
Augustus. 27 BC-AD 14. AR Denarius (3.55 g, 2h). Rome mint. Q. Rustius, moneyer. Struck 19/8 BC. Q • RVSTIVS FORTVNÆ above, ANTIAT below, jugate, draped busts right of Fortuna Victrix, wearing round helmet, holding patera, and of Fortuna Felix, diademed, set on bar with ram’s head finials / CAESARI AV-GVSTO, EX S • C • in exergue, ornamented rectangular altar inscribed FOR • RE. RIC I 322; RSC 513; BMCRE 2-4 = BMCRR Rome 4580-2; BN 221-8.
Sextus Pompey. 44-43 BC. AR Denarius (21mm, 3.99 g, 9h). Massilia (Marseilles) mint; Q. Nasidius, commander of the fleet. Bare head of Pompey the Great right; NEPTVNI to left, trident to right; below head, dolphin right / Quinquereme with five rowers, advancing right under full sail, gubernator at stern, uncertain figure at prow; six-rayed star in upper left field; Q • NASIDIVS below. Crawford 483/2; CRI 235; Sydenham 1350; Kestner 3698; BMCRR Sicily 21-4; RSC 20 (Pompey the Great).
Quintus Nasidius was commander of Sextus' fleet while Sextus was in Massalia watching political events unfold further east. Coins of this issue do not bear the title praefectus classis et orae maritimae (commander-in-chief of the fleet and of the sea coasts) awarded to Sextus by the Senate in April 43 BC, indicating a prior striking date. They also do not bear Sextus' name, although the trident, dolphin, and legend NEPTVNI may refer to Sextus' naval superiority in the western Mediterranean.
JULIUS CAESAR. 42 BC. AR Denarius (17mm, 3.75 g, 2h). Posthumous issue. L. Mussidius Longus, moneyer. Laureate head right / Rudder, cornucopiae on globe, winged caduceus, and flamen's cap. Crawford 494/39a; CRI 116; Sydenham 1096c; RSC 29.
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