Image and description of a Caligula/Caesonia bronze coin

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S0419 Ae28 (38 - 39 AD)

O Laureated head of Caligula right.

C CAESAR AVG GERMANIC IMP P M TR P COS

R Bust of 'Caesonia' right, dividing SAL - AVG

CN ATEL FLAC CN POM FLAC II VIR Q V I N C / SAL AVG

This coin is often listed as depicting Caesonia on the reverse. However, the titles acclaimed to Caligula indicate that the coin was struck during his first Consulship (37 AD) and during his first term as Tribunicia Potestas (37-38 AD). Caesonia married Caligula in 39 AD, thus it is quite probable that the attribution to Caesonia is incorrect.

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