ID=160Gold aurei with the first 12 Caesars (emperors) (Metropolitan (New York))

Gold aurei with the first 12 Caesars (emperors)



Inspired by the 12 biographies by the second-century writer Suetonius, the 12 aurei were mounted in a matching pair of bracelets in the nineteenth century. The first bracelet contains aurei of: Julius Caesar, Augustus,Tiberius, Caligula, Claudius and Nero. The second: Galba, Otho, Vitellius, Vespasianus, Titus and Domitianus


Gold aurei with the first 12 Caesars (emperors)
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