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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Roman Collector, post: 2899395, member: 75937&quot;]Although not as good of a deal as [USER=76086]@Ken Dorney[/USER] &#039;s <a href="https://www.cointalk.com/threads/who-are-the-confirmed-bottom-feeders-here.302365/page-2#post-2843566" class="internalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.cointalk.com/threads/who-are-the-confirmed-bottom-feeders-here.302365/page-2#post-2843566">$0.70 example</a>, I think I got a decent deal on this coin at auction today, even taking into account the buyer&#039;s commission, exchange rate, PayPal fees and shipping costs.</p><p><br /></p><p>These asses are enigmatic; although they are most often attributed to Caligula (as RIC and Sear), many scholars (Vagi, the British Museum, et al) believe they were first struck under Tiberius and that they continued to be struck into the reign of Claudius (AD 41-54). That they were struck by Caligula at all is astonishing, as Caligula&#039;s disdain for his grandfather (Agrippa) was well-known (Vagi, p. 109). Suetonius reports that Caligula would fly into a rage if anyone even mentioned Agrippa.</p><p><br /></p><p>That these circulated widely during the reign of Caligula is clear, however. They substantially outnumbered the VESTA asses of Caligula (RIC I, p. 105) as circulating coinage, playing the part under Caligula that the signed <a href="http://www.academia.edu/4763120/The_moneyers_issues_under_Augustus" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.academia.edu/4763120/The_moneyers_issues_under_Augustus" rel="nofollow">moneyers&#039; <i>aes</i> from the series of <i>tresviri</i> did under Augustus</a> (ibid).</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]698119[/ATTACH]</p><p>Agrippa, 18-12 BC</p><p>Roman Æ as, 10.36 g, 27 mm</p><p>Rome, AD 37-41</p><p>Obv: M AGRIPPA L F COS III, head left, wearing rostral crown.</p><p>Rev: S - C, Neptune standing left, holding small dolphin and trident</p><p>Refs: RIC 58 (Caligula); BMCRE 161 (Tiberius); RCV 1812; Cohen 3 (Agrippa); CBN 77.</p><p><br /></p><p>Post anything you feel is relevant![/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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