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A Small Bronze Mutilated Head of Gaius Caligula- Joe Geranio Damnatio Memoriae and Found in Tiber River There is a small bronze mutilated cuirassed portrait of Gaius Caligula that was clearly mutilated as a result of an angry soldier or … Continue reading →

The agreement of the vesta as is:

Vesta as Portrait of Caligula: http://www.flickr.com/photos/julio-claudians/5548118 165/

Copenhagen left profile above: http://www.flickr.com/photos/roger_ulrich/5107053663 /in/photostr…

Caligula Getty left Profile: http://www.flickr.com/photos/julio-claudians/2764155 823/

Caligula SChloss from a book-http://www.flickr.com/photos/julio-claud ians/677283657/ Note the back of the head and the beautiful deep undercutting, I wish i had a left profile of this portrait.

Caligula-left profile-louvre http://www.flickr.com/photos/julio-claudians/5831695 51/in/set-72…

Caligula-left profile-VMFA -http://www.flickr.com/photos/julio-claudians /2154157619/in/set-72157594316074359/

Caligula-left profile-cameo- private-http://www.flickr.com/photos/julio-cl audians/2985216174/in/set-72157594316074359/

Caligula-glyptotek2 left profile-http://www.flickr.com/photos/julio-cl audians/3534388681/in/set-72157594316074359/

Caligula-terme-left profile-http://www.flickr.com/photos/julio-cl audians/3534413235/in/set-72157594316074359/

Caligula-Baie- rt profile-http://www.flickr.com/photos/mrjennin gs/8458991/

Caligula-Uffizi- http://www.flickr.com/photos/9313528@N05/2264800677/

Caligula-the Met/New York-left profile-http://www.flickr.com/photos/menesje/ 1020144262/

Caligula-almost left profile-new haven-http://www.flickr.com/photos/julio-clau dians/3534404141/

You see what one best lines up with the vesat as Caligula obverse portrait, why the vesta aes? Because we have the name of CCAESAR on the coin showing us the left profile of Caligula, now we have to find agreement. One thing we see for sure is the protruding upper lip, the more vertical head, more vertical than Germanicus his father or his brothers Nero Julius and Drusus Julius, and the hair low on the nape of the neck. One more interesting rt profile portrait of Caligula is the Camp Fleferi
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