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RIC 56.1 of Caligula

Caligula & Divus Augustus Æ Dupondius. 37-41 AD. CONSENSV SENAT ET EQ ORDIN P Q R, laureate & togate statue of Gaius Caligula seated left on curule chair, holding branch / DIVVS AVGVSTVS S-C, radiate head of Divus Augustus left. Cohen 87.

Lot No.2699. VF. 30mm, 15.7g.

$ 650.

Caius born in 12 AD and succeeded Tiberius as emperor in 37 AD. He started as a well-loved and reasonable emperor, but after a fever nearly killed him, he apparently went insane, became quite depraved, and was assassinated in 41 AD. Caligula is actually a name that nobody would have called him to his face; it was a nickname meaning "Little Boots" that the legionaires gave him when he was a small boy in camp with his father Germanicus.