Caligula's Gardens

Heads-up history enthusiasts, this evening 60 Minutes, on CBS network is doing a segment on Caligula's Gardens .

Caligula's Gardens - CBS News

 

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Nice, looking forward to seeing it.


Caligula (37-41 A.D.)
AR Drachm
CAPPADOCIA, Caesarea
O: C CAESAR AVG GERMANICVS Bare head of Caligula to right.
R: IMPERATOR PONT MAX AVG TR POT Simpulum and lituus.
3.37g
18mm
BMC 102. RIC 63 Sear 1798


Caligula (37 - 41 A.D.)
AE30 AS
SEGOBRIGA, SPAIN
O: C CAESAR AVG GERMANICVS IMP, laureate head left.
R: SEGO BRIGA in wreath.
Segobriga Mint
30.5mm
10.1g
Burgos 1724

 

CALIGULA
AR Denarius
OBVERSE: C CAESAR AVG GERM P M TR POT, bare head right
REVERSE: DIVVS AVG PATER PATRIAE, radiate head of Divus Augustus right
Struck at Lugdunum, 37/8AD
3.5g, 18mm
RIC I 10

 

That's cool. I like to watch the Smithsonian channel when they show archeologists working with Egyptian, Greek, and other countries. I saw a show a couple of weeks ago where they found gold coins among the ruins. I assume that a popular museum will get them, if somebody gets them first. Has anyone collected our found coins from Pompeii?

 

Thank you, @Al Kowsky


RI Gaius Caligula AE As 37-41 CE Vesta seated S-C Sinister Left

 

Here's a coin related to this Emperor :


And a book that I started to read yesterday:

 

There was a series on PBS a few years ago about Caligula. It was interesting how he was portrayed. The character stuttered and although he allowed sexually explicit parties, he didn't participate. Evidently, he became the Emperor Ceasar by default. Is the book that is portrayed in English? I read mostly Louis L'Amour Westerns, mostly for the history of the west. There are also references to coins and coin exchanges.

 

Another thread on the "60 Minutes" Caligula program which shows the coin:

https://www.cointalk.com/threads/cb...sode-about-roman-emperor-caligula-coin.389498

 

I didn't watch it yet though I DVR'd the show.