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Gaius (Caligula) (AD 37-41). AR denarius (18mm, 3.54 gm, 8h). NGC Choice XF 4/5 - 2/5. Lugdunum, AD 37-38. C•CAESAR•AVG•GERM•P•M•TR•POT, laureate head of Caligula right / AGRIPPINA•MAT•C•CAES•AVG•GERM, draped bust of Agrippina Senior right, seen from front, hair arranged in ringlets along brow line and gathered into looped plait at back. RIC I 14 (Rome). Great attention was paid to the portrait of Agrippina showing her with hair that was fashionable of the time, and Caligula's portrait shares features very similar to Tiberius, showing iconographical familial connection when where was not in fact a direct lineage to one another.
There is scholarly disagreement over the mint location for Caligula's precious metal coinage. C. H. V. Sutherland and R. A. Carson, writing in Vol. I of RIC, state their belief that the early, bare headed coinage of Caligula, like that of Tiberius, was struck in Gaul at the mint of Lugdunum, but that late in AD 37, minting operations were transferred to Rome and continued there for all subsequent issues, identified by a laureate head of the emperor. J. B. Giard, author of the Bibliotech Nationale catalog in Paris, believes all of Caligula's gold and silver issues were minted in Lugdunum, and this view is supported by David R. Sear in "Roman Coins and Their Values."
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Gaius (Caligula) (AD 37-41). AR denarius (18mm, 3.54 gm, 8h). NGC Choice XF 4/5 - 2/5. Lugdunum, AD 37-38. C•CAESAR•AVG•GERM•P•M•TR•POT, laureate head of Caligula right / AGRIPPINA•MAT•C•CAES•AVG•GERM, draped bust of Agrippina Senior right, seen from front, hair arranged in ringlets along brow line and gathered into looped plait at back. RIC I 14 (Rome). Great attention was paid to the portrait of Agrippina showing her with hair that was fashionable of the time, and Caligula's portrait shares features very similar to Tiberius, showing iconographical familial connection when where was not in fact a direct lineage to one another.
There is scholarly disagreement over the mint location for Caligula's precious metal coinage. C. H. V. Sutherland and R. A. Carson, writing in Vol. I of RIC, state their belief that the early, bare headed coinage of Caligula, like that of Tiberius, was struck in Gaul at the mint of Lugdunum, but that late in AD 37, minting operations were transferred to Rome and continued there for all subsequent issues, identified by a laureate head of the emperor. J. B. Giard, author of the Bibliotech Nationale catalog in Paris, believes all of Caligula's gold and silver issues were minted in Lugdunum, and this view is supported by David R. Sear in "Roman Coins and Their Values."
https://coins.ha.com/itm/ancients/roman-imperial/ancients-gaius-caligula-ad-37-41-ar-denarius-18mm-354-gm-8h-ngc-choice-xf-4-5-2-5/a/3106-33238.s?type=DA-DMC-CoinArchives-WorldCoins-3106-01172023
HID02906262019
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