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                 HD: Caligula dupondius, VF, and important
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               Coins & Stamps:Coins:Non-US:Ancient, Medieval
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                 HD: Caligula dupondius, VF, and important

     Caligula & Divus Augustus, AE dupondius, (14.16g) Rome Mint,
     CONSENSVS SENATVS ET EQ ORDIN P Q R Laureate and togate statue of
     Gaius Caligula seated left on curule chair, holding branch in
     right hand, left hand at side / DIVVS AVGVSTVS Radiate head of
     Divus Augustus left. RIC56, BMC90. VF, green patina, centered on
     a full flan, the facial details of the seated figure clear. While
     the seated figure is attributed to Augustus (?) in RIC, this
     example, at least, shows a togate Caligula seated.

     Struck from very good style Rome mint dies , which clearly show
     the seated figure to be Caligula. The obverse includes the clear
     facial features of Caligula on the seated figure. On other dies,
     the features are less certainly Caligula. cf. Ancient Portraits
     in the J. Paul Getty Museum, 1987, p. 89 citing a similar
     specimen in the Historical Museum of Bern. This coin probably
     features an image of an actual statue of the emperor. Dio Cassius
     notes, that the Senate ordered a guard to keep watch at each of
     Caligula's statues. (Dio Cassius LIX.26).

     The seated statue of the emperor should be taken to be the
     obverse of this coin, with the head of Divus Augustus and the S C
     of the Senate on the reverse. No other bronze features S C on the
     obverse. Heads of Augustus appear on the reverse of aureii and
     denarii of Caligula, while a similar togate figure of the emperor
     appears on the obverse of sestertii of Divus Augustus, Tiberius
     and Caligula, and Divus Vespasian. Very rare.

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