Aureus - Caligula tribute to Agrippina the Elder, AGRIPPINA MAT C CAES AVG GERM

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Issuer	Roman Empire (27 BC - 395 AD)
Year	40
Type	Standard circulation coin
Value	1 Aureus = 25 Denarii
Currency	Denarius, Reform of Augustus (27 BC – AD 215)
Composition	Gold
Weight	7.6 g
Dimensions	19 mm
Thickness
Shape and Technique	Round (irregular) Hammered
Orientation	Variable alignment ↺
Engraver(s)
In circulation to
Reference(s)	RIC I#21, OCRE#ric.1(2).gai.21, BMC RE#22, Calicó#327a

Obverse description	Head of Caligula, laureate, right.
Obverse script	Latin
Obverse lettering	C CAESAR AVG PON M TR POT III COS III (Translation: Gaius Caesar, emperor (Augustus), high priest, holder of tribunician power for the third time, consul for the third time.)
Reverse description	Bust of Agrippina, draped, right; her hair is waved from brow downwards and knotted in a long plait at back; one lock falls loose down neck.
Reverse script	Latin
Reverse lettering	AGRIPPINA MAT C CAES AVG GERM (Translation: Agrippina, mother of Gaius Caesar, emperor (Augustus), conqueror of the Germans.)
Edge
Mint
Mintage	ND (40) - -
Catalog ID	7473087410
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