Pre-Principate Portrait of Caligula? La Spezia- Joe Geranio

[Joe Geranio]

believe this portrait from la Spezia represents emperor Gaius Caligula before he asscended to power in 37 A.D.

The only known pre-principate portraits of Caligula known are numismatics (coins) from Carthago Nova.

There are no accepted pre-principate portraits of Caligula by scholars and art historians of portraits in the round.

For more on Julio Claudian iconography and portrait study see:

Geranio, Joe - Portraits of Caligula: The Seated Figure? Vol. XX, No. 1 (1997) Society for Ancient Numismatics

Geranio, Joe - Portraits of Caligula: The Seated Figure? Vol. 21, No. 9 . (2007) The Celator


Joe Geranio

[franklampard]

I have seen the photos that you appear here and according to me it seems like that it appear on German coins. I have not any broad knowledge of it but thanks a lot for sharing it here.