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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;lrbguy, post: 2839055, member: 88829&quot;]The coins you are showing are the equal of museum pieces.&nbsp; Most impressive.</p><p><br /></p><p>From my humble 12 Caesars group:</p><p><b><br /></b></p><p><b>Caius Julius Caesar Germanicus (Caligula) (37-38)</b></p><p><b>(<i>BMCRE</i> 103; <i>RSC</i> 12; <i>RIC</i> 8)</b></p><p><b>Drachm of Ceasarea, Cappadocia (which was functioning as an imperial mint at this time, so it is not a provincial coinage in the usual sense)</b></p><p><b>[ATTACH=full]671262[/ATTACH] </b></p><p><b>C CAESAR AVG GERMANICVS</b></p><p><b>Bare head of Caligula facing right</b></p><p><b>&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; (obv and rev both read: right up, left down, outwardly)</b></p><p><b><br /></b></p><p><b>IMPERATOR P[ON]T.MAX AVG TR [PO]T</b></p><p><b>simpulum and lituus</b></p><p><b><br /></b></p><p>Of this reverse type at Caesarea, Mattingly in <i>Coins of the Roman Empire in the British Museum (BMCRE)</i> gives the note, &quot;The drachm of Caligula, with the priestly type, simpulum and lituus, indicating his rank as Pontifex Maximus, was probably struck in his first year, A.D. 37-8.&quot; To this he adds the additional note &quot;TR POT is in favor of this; but it is occasionally used as a title only, not as a date.&quot;</p><p><br /></p><p>As to the cultic objects depicted, a simpulum is essentially a ladle, associated with sacrificial libations. The lituus, a short heavily curved staff was used as a wand to mark out sacred space in the sky above the worshiping conclave.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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