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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;willieboyd2, post: 8059167, member: 4910&quot;]The American CBS Television network ran it&#039;s weekly &quot;60 Minutes&quot; television program and today (November 21, 2021) presented a program on Roman archaeologists and the Roman Emperor Gaius or Caligula (AD 37-41).</p><p><br /></p><p>The episode showed the reverse of a Roman coin of Caligula and mentioned that it commemorated a sales tax reduction:</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://www.brianrxm.com/posts/post_cbssixtyminutes_caligula_coin_01.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>The coin appears to be a copper Quadrans, <i>Roman Imperial Coins</i> catalog number 39.</p><p><br /></p><p>The inscription reads &quot;PONT M TR P III PP COS DES III&quot; with a large &quot;RCC&quot;. &quot;PONT ... DES III&quot; were the roman offices Gaius held, Pontifex Maximus, Tribunicia Potestate III, Consul Designatus III.</p><p><br /></p><p>RCC (remissa ducentesima) refers to the abolition by Gaius of the sales tax of a half percent.</p><p><br /></p><p>The program host mentioned that coins were a form of imperial propaganda.</p><p><br /></p><p>The program can be seen here (if available where one is located):</p><p><a href="https://www.cbsnews.com/news/caligula-rome-60-minutes-2021-11-21" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.cbsnews.com/news/caligula-rome-60-minutes-2021-11-21" rel="nofollow">https://www.cbsnews.com/news/caligula-rome-60-minutes-2021-11-21</a></p><p><br /></p><p><img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie1" alt=":)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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