I got myself a budget Caligula for my 12 Caesars collection

Really nice examples posted!

David@PCC, that's a particularly nice coin!

Here's a somewhat rough Caligula AE as from a group lot from an Israeli dealer last year.

Caligula, AE as, Vesta, 37-38 AD.
10.25 grams



In 1991 I was fortunate to acquire a much nicer example from a local coin dealer.

13.0 grams

 

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If I might offer a suggestion. The Spanish mints were still turning out As sized coins of the early emperors. Though the celator work is not quite up to fine work of the Rome mint the coins inscriptions are in Latin and the prices charged are quite a bit less than for the Rome mint examples. Sometimes they are found and listed as Roman Provincials but however listed one can get a pretty good image of Caligula from these Spanish mint bronzes.

 

I posted one, if you go back and look in this thread.

 

Can you guys give me your feeling about mine ?

 

That is a nice coin, but the portrait is of Germanicus (Caligula's father), not Caligula himself.

 

That’s a lovely coin of Germanicus. Has the reverse field been smoothed? Great eye appeal.

 

I’m late to the Caligula party. And that guy could throw a party. I saw the movie.

Anyway, I have two Caligulae. At some point I would like to sell both and invest in a single Caligula in a better grade.

The bottom coin was purchased as an unsold lot from Artemide. Someone raised an eyebrow at the sharpness of the word VESTA on the reverse. Another speculated that the coin might’ve had a thick patina that someone has removed. I don’t think the work constitutes “tooling,” but it’s possible this coin has had some “work done.” I’m still not sure. The dealer did not note any concerns. I did like the bold lettering, especially on the obverse.

 

Speak of the devil, I managed to snag an Otho tonight. Football helmet headed and all Just Augustus and Claudius to go!

 

I know but since it was struck under Caligula, i felt like sharing it. i thought it was not really off-topic.
So basically, the fact the coin mentions Germanicus is some kind of tribute to his father , right ?

Here is the full description :
Germanicus AD 37-41. Rome
As Æ
29 mm, 11,34 g
GERMANICVS CAESAR TI AVGVST F DIVI AVG N, bare head left / C CAESAR AVG GERMANICVS PON M TR POT, large S•C in field.
RIC² 35 (Caligula).

 

I really paid attention to that in the description before bidding and it did not mention smoothing in the description at least. But i'm no expert. I hope everything is original. The auction house looked trustworthy.
(you can find the full description in the post above).

At least, the coin is really really beautiful.
Feel free to share your opinion in case you find something suspicious!

 

The coin is really beautiful! Nowadays it's probably worth a large sum of money.

 

Here's mine

 

My 12 Caesars:

 

Nice catch!

 

Actually, one of the 1st Ancients I bought after finishing graduate school in 1988 and I began collecting in earnest.

It's a sestertius, the AD LOCVT{O?} COH{ORTVM} type which Caligula issued on 2 occasions. This is his 1st issue of 37-38 AD: his ascension year and shows him on the back addressing not a legion but a Cohort i.e. 420 men (wiki). The 2nd type, more famous but nearly identical, is the issue of 41AD made for his failed invasion of Britannia. I think this is one of the 1st types to leave off the "SC" on a bronze.



Of course I've always wanted to upgrade it to get a much better one and after receiving a really lowball offer from a dealer ($1200), decided to wait to acquire my nicer one before getting rid of this one. Of course, really nice Caligula sestersii have gotten very expensive as of late so unless I can find some of that missing 26 Bn in cryptocurrency, this will have to wait.