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CARTHAGO NOVA. Tiberius, 14-37. With Caligula. As. AE 12.07 g. TI CAESAR DIVI AVG F P M Laureate head of Tiberius l. Rev. C. CAESAR. TI. N. QVINQ. IN. V. I. N. K. Bare head of Caligula l. RPC I, 96, 182. SNG Munich 71.
894. SPAIN, Carthago, Nova. Tiberius and Gaius Caligula, Caesar. 14-37 AD.
Æ Quadrans (2.37 gm). Laureate head of Tiberius left / Bare head of Gaius
left. RPC I 184. Nice VF, brown patina, rough surfaces.
Nice portrait of Caligula with nice hair relief for Carthago Nova..........Pre-principate
CALIGULA und TIBERIUS Carthago Nova in Hispania Tarraconensis. As, ca. 31 - 37, unter Tiberius. TI · CAESAR · DIVI · AVG · F · AVGVS · P · M · . Kopf des Tiberius mit Lorbeerkranz links. Rs: C · CAESAR · TI · N · QVINQ · IN · V · I · N · K · . Kopf des Caligula links. RPC 182. C. 1 var. (Caligula und Tiberius).
Spain, Carthago Nova. Gaius Caligula. 37-41 AD. Æ 28 mm (13.00 gm). C CAESAR AVG
GERMANIC IMP P M TR P COS, laureate head right / CN ATEL FLAC CN POM FLAC II VIR Q V
I N C, SAL-AVG across field, head of Salus right. RPC 185; Vives y Escudero 132. VF,
dark brown patina, flan flaw on obverse
Tiberius, Nero and Drusus, AE27, (11.67g) Carthago Nova, Spain, [TI CAESAR
DIVI AVGVSTI F AVGVSTVS] Bare head left. / [NERO ET DRVSVS CAESARES] QVINQ
CVINC. . . Confronting heads of Nero and Drusus Caesares confronting. SGI
335.
Carthago Nova
Obverse:Tiberius head "TI.CAESAR.DIV(I.AV)GVSTI.F.AVGVSTVS P. M.
Reverse:Nero and Drusus in front "NERO ET DRVS(VS CAESARES
QVIN)Q.C.V.I.N.C" (Wildwind.com)
More Inscriptions of Caligula from Provinces
C CAESAR AVG GERMANIC IMP P.m. TR P COS - SALT AVG (Carthago Nova)
C CAESAR AVG GERMANICVS (Ebusus)
C CAESAR AVG GERMANICVS IMP PATER PATRIAE (Caesaraugusta)
C CAESAR AVG GERMANICVS P P (Ercavica)
CAESAR AVG GERMANICVS P P (Acci)
G CAESAR AVG GERMANICVS IMP (Bilbilis, Segobriga y Caesaraugusta)
G CAESAR AVG GERM P M TR POT COS (Osca)
GERMANICVS CAESAR G CAESARIS PATER (Caesaraugusta)
GERMANICVS CAESAR YOU AVG F DIVI AVG N (Caesaraugusta
Attribution: RPC 1723
Date: 38-41 AD
Obverse: Laurate head of Caligula left
Reverse: Diademed bust of Rhoemetalces left
Size: 26.78 mm
Weight: 14.8 grams
Very Rare
CARTHAGO NOVA, SPAIN AE30 TI CAESAR DIVI AVGV F AVG P M,
Laureate head OF TIBERIUS left/C. CAESAR TI. N. QVINQ IN.
V.I.N.K. Bare head of Caligula left. RPC 182, SNG_502, SGIC
337, Cohen 245, 3. (Wildwinds.com)
SEJANUS-QUITE RARE
SPAIN, Bilbilis. Tiberius. 14-37 AD. Æ 27mm (10.84 g, 6h). L. Aelius Sejanus, praetorian consul. Struck 31 AD. Laureate head right / MV (ligate) AV(ligate)GVSTA BILBILIS TI CÆSARE V [L ÆL]IO [SEIAN]O, large COS across field within wreath. RPC I 398; SNG Copenhagen 620. Good VF, green patina with orange overtones. Important historical type with the name of Sejanus removed in damnatio memoriae.
Lucius Aelius Sejanus came from an up-and-coming equestrian family. He was the son of Lucius Seius Strabo, Tiberius' praefectus praetorio; his brother, Lucius Seius Turbo was suffect consul in 18 AD; and he could claim kinship through his mother to Maecenas, Augustus' advisor. Early in his career, Sejanus served with Augustus' grandson Gaius in the east, and may have accompanied Drusus Caesar north to quell the mutinies which broke out upon Augustus' death. Initially he had been his father's colleague as praefectus praetorio, but when Strabo had been promoted to the more prestigious post of praefectus Aegypti, Sejanus retained sole command of the Guard, a post which, according to later historians, he used to his advantage. Consolidating them in a permanent encampment at the eastern edge of the city, he used the Guard to increase his power and influence over Tiberius. In 23 AD, upon the death of Drusus Caesar, Sejanus proposed marrying Drusus' widow Livilla, with whom he was allegedly having an affair. So indispensable had he become in maintaining order in the capital that Tiberius called him "the partner of my labors," a position which Sejanus carefully cultivated upon the emperor's retirement to Capri in 26 AD. Using the emperor's absence to his advantage, Sejanus imprisoned Germanicus' widow, Agrippina Senior, her sons Nero and Drusus Caesars, and their supporters on charges of treason. In 31 AD Sejanus was consul with Tiberius the first step, he hoped, to acquiring tribunician power and becoming the imperial heir. At the height of this power, however, Sejanus fell, when Tiberius, made aware of Sejanus' machinations, condemned his consular colleague in a letter to the Senate. Harsh reprisals against Sejanus and his adherents followed, including the removal of his name from public monuments as well as this coin. (Text and coin cngcoins.com)
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I have put this section on this site because of the importance of the Coinage of Carthago Nova, Spain. Since at this moment in time there is no accepted "Pre-Principate" portrait of Caligula in the round, we must rely on the Tiberian coinage with portraits of Caligula on the Coinage of Carthago Nova. John Pollini has made an argument for a head in the Walters Art Gallery in Baltimore. (1) (see PolliniCaligula Tab on portraitsofcaligula.com for full article. Used with Prof. Pollini's permission
Caligulapollini tab on this site for full article.
2. For problems with the dating of Tiberian Coinage see RPC and A. Banti and L. Simonetti, Corpus Nummorum Romanorum (XIII Florence: 1977 pp. 141-50 deal with dating to 34 A.D. (PolliniJWAG, note 28 for more explanation. Also: "Aspects of the Principate of Tiberius", Historical comments on the Colonial coinage issued outside Spain, Michael Grant- The American Numismatic Society - Numismatic Notes and Monographs(1950) There are some issues with inscriptions and dating in Banti Simonetti.
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