As
Caligula
Roman Imperial
Roman Empire
37-38
Copper
Overall: 1 3/16 in. (30 mm)
Weight: 11 g
Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth: Gift of Arthur Fairbanks, Class of 1886, in memory of his father, Henry Fairbanks, Class of 1853
27.1.29278
Geography
Place Made: Italy, Europe
Period
1-500
Object Name
Coin
Research Area
Numismatics: Greek and Roman
On view
Inscriptions
Obverse: Bare head of Caligula left; C CAESAR AVG GERMANICVS PON M TR POT, left up, right down, inwardly Reverse: Vesta, veiled and draped, seated on ornamental throne and facing left, right hand holding patera, left arm holding long transverse scepter; VESTA above, S C flanking figure in field
Course History
ARTH 16, Art, Architecture and Money in the Early Modern Period, Lauren Jacobi, Spring 2013
CLST 1, Antiquity Today: An Introduction to Classical Studies, Paul Christesen, Winter 2014
CLST 1, Antiquity Today: An Introduction to Classical Studies, Paul Christesen, Winter 2014
LAT 01, Introductory Latin, Scott Arcenas, Winter 2019
LAT 01, Introductory Latin, Bryce Walker, Winter 2019
LAT 01, Introductory Latin, Margaretha Kramer, Winter 2019
LAT 01, Introductory Latin, Jenny Lynn, Winter 2019
LAT 15, Literature of Rome, Simone Oppen, Fall 2019
LAT 3.01, Intermediate Latin, Jenny Lynn, Winter 2020
LAT 3.02, Intermediate Latin, Simone Oppen, Winter 2020
LAT 3.03, Intermediate Latin, Roger Ulrich, Winter 2020
LAT 3.04, Intermediate Latin, Patrick Glauthier, Winter 2020
CLST 06, Introduction to Classical Archaeology, Flint Dibble, Fall 2020
CLST 11.19/HIST 94.16, Roman Coins as Text, Roberta Stewart, Winter 2022
CLST 11.19/HIST 94.16, Roman Coins as Text, Roberta Stewart, Winter 2022
CLST 11.19/HIST 94.16, Roman Coins as Text, Roberta Stewart, Winter 2022
CLST 11.19/HIST 94.16, Roman Coins as Text, Roberta Stewart, Winter 2022
CLST 11.19/HIST 94.16, Roman Coins as Text, Roberta Stewart, Winter 2022
CLST 11.19/HIST 94.16, Roman Coins as Text, Roberta Stewart, Winter 2022
CLST 11.19/HIST 94.16, Roman Coins as Text, Roberta Stewart, Winter 2022
CLST 11.19/HIST 94.16, Roman Coins as Text, Roberta Stewart, Winter 2022
CLST 18.01/HIST 94.06, History of the Roman Empire, Roberta Stewart, Fall 2022
Economics 22.01, Macroeconomics, Jim Feyrer, Spring 2023
Economics 22.02, Macroeconomics, Jim Feyrer, Spring 2023
Economics 22.02, Macroeconomics, Jim Feyrer, Spring 2023
Exhibition History
Artifacts of the Roman Empire, Harrington Gallery Teaching Exhibition, Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire, October 18-November 5, 1990.
Money Talks: Roman Coinage in Global, Historical Context, Classical Studies 11, Professor Roberta Stewart, Gene Y. Kim Gallery, Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire, April 2, 2022-.
Provenance
Arthur Fairbanks (1864-1944), Class of 1886; given to present collection, 1927.
Catalogue Raisonne
BMC, Vol. I: nos. 45-48, pl. 29/2; Terrace 1958: pp. 12-13, no. 7
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