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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;IdesOfMarch01, post: 1497689, member: 39084&quot;]Funny you should mention that reverse, since the Caligula as that I have is of that type:</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH]191497.vB[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>GAIUS (CALIGULA)</p><p>AE As (11.31 g.)&nbsp; Rome 37 - 38 A.D.</p><p>C CAESAR AVG GERMANICVS PON M TR POT Bare head of Caligula left. Rev. VESTA S C Vesta enthroned left.</p><p>RIC 38</p><p><br /></p><p>Still, it&#039;s a good historical bronze, and Caligula&#039;s coins are typically fairly uncommon.</p><p><br /></p><p>Another historically interesting reverse type is the highly collectible Vespasian sestertius with the Judaea Capta reverse:</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH]191499.vB[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>VESPASIAN</p><p>AE Sestertius (26.01 g.)&nbsp; Rome 71 A.D.</p><p>IMP CAES VESPASIAN AVG P M TR P P P COS III Laureate head of Vesp. r. Rev IVDA - EA CAPTA S C Captive seated r., Vesp. standing r. holding spear &amp; parazonium.</p><p>RIC 167</p><p><br /></p><p>There have been a number of these coins at various auctions that aren&#039;t 100% untouched, with evident tooling especially on the reverse to make the features sharper.&nbsp; This one appealed to me for its untouched patina, no tooling, and little, if any, smoothing, plus the somewhat unusual separation of IUDA - EA on the reverse.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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