SPAIN. Carthago Nova. Caligula (AD 37-41). AE as (28mm, 4h). NGC Choice VF. Ca. AD 37, Cn. Atellius Flaccus and Cn. Pompeius Flaccus, duoviri. C•CAESAR•AVG•GERMANIC•IMP•P•M•TR•P•COS, laureate head of Caligula right / CN•ATEL•FLAC•CN•POM•FLAC•II•VIR•QVINC, laureate head of Caesonia or Antonia (?), as Salus, right; SAL-AVG across fields. RPC I 185. ACIP 3155. Cohen described the reverse as Caesonia, the fourth wife of Caligula, which is not accepted by all numismatists, preferring to instead attribute the portrait to Antonia or just Salus as herself.

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