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Roger Uselton Collection of Ancient and Biblical Coins

Coin Detail

AE (bronze) As
  • Uselton Catalog #: 19
  • Class: Roman Imperatorial & Imperial
  • Ruling Authority: Agrippa, Admiral under Augustus ()
  • Date Struck: 37-41 A.D.
  • Type: AE (bronze) As
  • Size: 28.32 mm.
  • Weight: 10.49 g.
  • Die Axis: 180°
  • Obverse: M AGRIPPA L F COS III; Agrippa head left wearing rostral crown.
  • Reverse: S C, Neptune standing left holding trident; dolphin on extended arm.
  • Exergue:
  • References: RIC 58
  • Original #: 13

This coin of Agrippa as was minted under Caligula at Rome. Agrippa was Caligula’s grandfather and the admiral who won the Battle of Actium for Augustus–hence the “rostral crown” on his head and Neptune on the reverse. He is not to be confused with the Agrippas who ruled Judaea.