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            ORC3334 Statue of Caligula, dupondius VF, NO RESERVEItem number: 
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                  ORC3334 Statue of Caligula, dupondius VF 


                  Caligula & Divus Augustus, Æ dupondius, (13.89g) Rome Mint, 
                  CONSENSV SENAT 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, Large S C at sides. RIC56. VF, dark 
                  and brassy, good style dies, on a full flan.

                  While the seated figure is attributed to Augustus (?) in RIC, 
                  this example, at least, shows a togate Caligula seated. RIC 
                  notes, ''H. von Kaenel, Schweitz Münzbatter, May 1978, p. 39 
                  has suggested that the reverse type shows Gaius r. holding 
                  laurel, l. globe.''

                  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 later under Divus 
                  Vespasian. Rare.


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