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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;IdesOfMarch01, post: 2007638, member: 39084&quot;]My avatar coin was described by NAC as &quot;<i>Of the highest rarity, only the second specimen known of this issue and an extremely rare type.</i>&quot;&nbsp; It&#039;s not even listed in the second edition of RIC, which instead lists a denarius of similar type (RIC 19).</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]360969[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>GAIUS (CALIGULA)</p><p>AV Aureus (7.66 g.)&nbsp; Lugdunum ca. 37 - 38 A.D.</p><p>C CAESAR AVG GERM P M TR POT Laureate head r. Rev. S P Q R / P P / OB C S within oak wreath.</p><p>From the Biaggi collection.</p><p><br /></p><p>However, the rarity is due to the obverse legend being rare, as there are other Caligula aurei of this obverse portrait and reverse legend, but with a different obverse legend (e.g., RIC 27).&nbsp; So from my perspective, this makes the putative rarity seem a bit artificial.</p><p><br /></p><p>Still a nice coin, though.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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