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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Roman Collector, post: 3251773, member: 75937&quot;]We&#039;re stuck on Caesonia, because nobody has one. Here&#039;s one often attributed to Caesonia, but it is not really her. This is from my own collection, which I post because it has Caligula:</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]853423[/ATTACH] </p><p>Caligula AD 37-41.</p><p>Roman provincial Æ 28 mm, 11.17 gm.</p><p>Carthago Nova, Spain, AD 37-38.</p><p>Obv: C. CAESAR AVG. GERMANIC. IMP. P.M. TR.P. COS., laureate head of Caligula, right.</p><p>Rev: CN. ATEL. FLAC. CN. POM. FLAC. II. VIR. Q.V.I.N.C., head of Salus right, SAL AVG across field.</p><p>Refs: SGI 419; Heiss 272, 35; Cohen 247, 1; RPC 1, 185; SNG Cop 503.</p><p><br /></p><p>The coin&#039;s reverse depicts Salus and the attribution to Caesonia is fanciful. David Vagi (<i>Coinage and History of the Roman Empire. Vol. 1</i>, Coinworld, 1999, p.148) states:</p><p><br /></p><p>&quot;The bust of Salus (health) on aes struck at Cathago Nova ... by Caligula is often misattributed as a representation of Caesonia. In fact, it was struck before they were wed, and it more likely is an allusion to Antonia, whose health was failing as she neared the end of her life.&quot;</p><p><br /></p><p>This is a REAL Caesonia, with her name on it and everything, from Wildwinds:</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]853422[/ATTACH] </p><p>Caesonia, AE18 of Caesaraea Panias, Syria. Dated RY 5 of Agrippa I (AD 40-41). (KAIΣΩNIA ΓYNH ΣEBAΣTOY), Draped bust of Caesonia left, wearing hair in long plait / (ΔΡOYΣIΛΛA ΘYΓATΡI ΣEBAΣTOY), Drusilla standing facing, head right, holding Nike and branch, LE in left field. RPC 4977; Meshorer 117; SNG ANS -.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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