[Home, My eBay, Site Map] [eBay logo] [to Browse, Sell, Services, Search, Help, and Community] [Browse Sub-Navigation] CNG - Caligula. AE As. VESTA. Nice VF Item #231328295 Coins & Stamps:Coins:Non-US:Ancient, Medieval [Image] Bidding is closed for this item. [Image] [Show description]Currently $197.50 First bid $1.00 Quantity 1 # of bids 15 (bid history) [Leave feedback] (with emails) (to seller) Time left Auction has Location PA (to bidder) ended. [envelope] (mail this auction Started 01/05/00, If you are the 08:40:59 PST to a friend) seller or the 01/12/00, [Gift Alert] (request a gift high bidder - Ends 08:40:59 PST now what? alert) [Image] Seller (Rating) cngcoins (522) [star] [about me] (view comments in seller's Feedback Profile) (view seller's other auctions) (ask seller a question) [Image] High bid caligulax (45) [star] [Image] Payment Visa/MasterCard, American Express, See item description for payment methods accepted Shipping Seller ships internationally, See item description for shipping charges [Image] Relist Seller: Didn't sell your item the first time? item eBay will refund your relisting fee if it sells the second time around. Relist this item. Seller assumes all responsibility for listing this item. You should contact the seller to resolve any questions before bidding. Currency is U.S. dollar ($) unless otherwise noted. Description ***Please be sure to check our website for RECENT ADDITIONS at historicalcoins.com*** [Image] Gaius Caligula. 37-41 AD. Æ As (10.06 gm). C CAESAR AVG GERMANICVS PON M TR POT, bare head left / VESTA S-C, Vesta seated left, holding patera and sceptre. RIC I 38; BMCRE 46; BN 54; Cohen 27. Nice VF, green patina. Light porosity and scrape (damnatio mark?) on Caligula's cheek. 718137. To this day, scholars are divided over whether Gaius Germanicus Caesar, widely known as Caligula (a nickname meaning "little boots" for the miniature army footwear he sported as mascot for his father's legions) was insane, incompetant, or the victim of bad press. What seems clear is that he grew up in an extended family where murder and intrigue were everyday affairs, and that he attained the throne with virtually no experience of government, unlike his forebears Augustus and Tiberius. His father, Germanicus, was the fair-haired boy of an entire generation, who died mysteriously in the East; his mother Agrippina was granddaughter of Augustus and won martyrdom for resisting Tiberius' dour tyranny. Tiberius’ unscrupulous henchman Sejanus also murdered Caligula’s brothers, Nero and Drusus. When Tiberius at long last died, Caligula was handed the principate and hailed as savior of the state. He proceeded to fritter away this huge reservoir of popular goodwill with spectacular speed. He behaved as an Eastern autocrat, experimenting with ruler-worship in ways that revolted traditional-minded Romans. Blood was shed on the merest pretext. Military expeditions to Germany and Britain devolved into horseplay and silliness that must have left Rome's enemies baffled, if not amused. His huge public expenditures accomplished nothing even vaguely permanent--he might has well have flushed Tiberius' carefully hoarded wealth into the Tiber. To Suetonius, he was a "monster" without redeeming qualities, a role model only for the likes of Nero and Domitian. Amid the contempt, fear, and suspicion his regime fostered, it was inevitable conspiracies would take root. Caligula sniffed some of them out and butchered the participants, but when a captain of the Praetorian Guard joined in the plotting, the tyrant's fate was sealed. Caligula was cornered and stabbed to death during a gladiatorial display, learning once and for all his lack of godhead. Authenticity unconditionally guaranteed - 14 day return privilege for any reason. CNG accepts for payment: check, money order or credit card (Visa, MasterCard, American Express). The manner of payment accepted is subject to our qualification of the bidder. CNG's Domestic, Canadian, and International postage rates. Pennsylvania residents please add appropriate sales tax. If you would like to learn more about ancient and medieval coinage, visit us at historicalcoins.com. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [Image] Bidding Bidding is closed for this item. If you're the seller or the high bidder - now what? 1. Contact each other. The seller (cngcoins) and the high bidder (caligulax) should contact each other within three business days to discuss payment and shipping details. 2. Leave feedback for the other party once the the seller has received the payment and the winning bidder has received the item. Leave feedback to seller - Leave feedback to bidder. Details for the seller and high bidder(s): The seller should contact the winning bidder(s) with information on the total cost, including shipping, and where to send payment. The winning bidder(s) must pay the seller directly for the item(s), and it is the seller's responsibility to fulfill the order when payment terms are met. The binding contract of the auction is between the winning bidder and the seller. If the seller is unable to establish contact with the high bidder within 3 business days, the seller may contact the next highest bidder. Therefore, if the high bidder does not contact the seller within 3 business days of the end of the auction, he/she may lose the place as winning bidder, and be at risk for receiving negative feedback and/or a Non-Paying Bidder warning, both of which can ultimately lead to suspension from eBay. --------------------------------------------------------------- Announcements | Register | eBay Store | SafeHarbor | Feedback Forum | About eBay Copyright © 1995-2000 eBay Inc. All Rights Reserved. [TrustE] Designated trademarks and brands are the property of their respective owners. Use of this Web site constitutes acceptance of the eBay User Agreement