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Æ20 - Caligula P VIPSANIO AGRIPPA IIVIR COR, NE D (in field)
| Issuer | Corinth (Achaea) |
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| Year | 37-38 |
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| Diameter | 20 mm |
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| Obverse description | Draped bust of Agrippina the Elder facing right, her hair elaborately waved and drawn back in the characteristic Julio-Claudian style. The portrait is rendered in a naturalistic but idealized manner typical of provincial coinage struck under Caligula. The encircling legend names her as Agrippina, wife of Germanicus. The flan is slightly irregular, as is common for provincial bronze issues of this period. |
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| Reverse description | Confronted, facing busts of Nero Caesar and Drusus Caesar, the two elder brothers of Caligula, depicted as youthful princes with draped shoulders. The busts face one another at center, creating a distinctive bilateral composition characteristic of Julio-Claudian dynastic coinage. The abbreviated legend NE D appears in the field between the busts, identifying the two princes. The surrounding legend names the duovir Publius Vipsanius Agrippa and the colonia of Corinth. The overall style is consistent with colonial Corinthian bronze issues of the early imperial period. |
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| Mintage | ND (37-38) |
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