Roger Uselton Collection of Ancient and Biblical Coins
Coin Detail
- 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掳
- 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鈥檚 grandfather and the admiral who won the Battle of Actium for Augustus鈥揾ence the 鈥渞ostral crown鈥� on his head and Neptune on the reverse. He is not to be confused with the Agrippas who ruled Judaea.