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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;lordmarcovan, post: 25350364, member: 10461&quot;]I was after Caligula for <a href="https://www.colleconline.com/en/collection-items/21345/coins-ancient-to-romans-imperial-and-republican-twelve-caesars" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.colleconline.com/en/collection-items/21345/coins-ancient-to-romans-imperial-and-republican-twelve-caesars" rel="nofollow">my Twelve Caesars collection</a>.</p><p><br /></p><p>I did battle over some nice ones at auction, but lost<i> badly</i> (the ones I bid on went for <i>crazy</i> prices!)&nbsp; So I dialed back my expectations a little bit, and ended up buying one at fixed price, from <a href="https://www.vcoins.com/en/stores/robertson/172/product/caligula_ae_as_very_fine_3738_ce_ex_cederlind/2064073/Default.aspx" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.vcoins.com/en/stores/robertson/172/product/caligula_ae_as_very_fine_3738_ce_ex_cederlind/2064073/Default.aspx" rel="nofollow">Zuzim on VCoins</a>. </p><p><br /></p><p>Now I have ten of the Twelve Caesars (83% complete) as of this post, and lack only Julius Caesar and Vitellius!</p><p><br /></p><p>This Caligula is no showboat, but rather just a middle-of-the-road example with decent-looking surfaces and lightly contrasting patina.&nbsp; Zuzim described it as &quot;VF&quot;, but I&#039;m more of the opinion that it will go Fine when I send it off to NGC (we&#039;ll see).&nbsp; I&#039;d be OK with that- as long as it achieves that grade with no problem notations.&nbsp; (Fine is my self-imposed minimum grade for my collections.)</p><p><br /></p><p>Zuzim&#039;s description:</p><p><br /></p><blockquote><p><i>&quot;GAIUS CALIGULA AE AS</i></p><p><br /></p><p><i>RIC 38, RSC 27, Very Fine, 27.5mm, 11.22 grams, Struck Circa. 37/38 C.E.</i></p><p><br /></p><p><i>Obverse: C CAESAR AVG GERMANICVS PON M TR POT around bare head of Caligula to left</i></p><p><br /></p><p><i>Reverse:&nbsp; Vesta seated to left on ornamental throne, holding patera and scepter, VESTA above</i></p><p><br /></p><p><i> An above average, problem free example of this popular type with nice eye appeal!</i></p><p>&nbsp;</p><p><i>Ex: VJM Collection, NJ&nbsp; Purchased from Tom Cederlind, 1982&quot;.</i></p><p><i><br /></i></p></blockquote><p>Having a piece pedigreed to the late Tom Cederlind is kind of nice.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1621607[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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