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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;lordmarcovan, post: 2825682, member: 10461&quot;]That&#039;s a great type!</p><p><br /></p><p>Here&#039;s the only <b>Germanicus</b> I&#039;ve had, back in my original 2007-08 <a href="https://www.cointalk.com/threads/picture-repost-some-of-my-old-2007-08-roman-imperial-collection.296837/" class="internalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.cointalk.com/threads/picture-repost-some-of-my-old-2007-08-roman-imperial-collection.296837/">&quot;A to Z&quot; collection</a> (Augustus to Zeno), which was my first (novice) undertaking in ancients.</p><p><br /></p><p><b><img src="https://www.cointalk.com/attachments/rs007-germanicus-jpg.628525/" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /> </b></p><p><br /></p><p>And my first <b>Caligula</b> from that same collection.</p><p><br /></p><p><b><img src="https://www.cointalk.com/attachments/rs009-caligula-jpg.628526/" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></b></p><p><br /></p><p>Of my three subsequent Caligulas <font size="3">(Caligulae?)</font> two of them succumbed to bronze disease. </p><p><br /></p><p><font size="3">(I&#039;ve only ever had two coins catch bronze disease.&nbsp; Could they have been cheap, common Constantinian AE3s?&nbsp; <i>Nooo! </i> They had to both be <i>Caligulas! </i> How&#039;s that for luck?&nbsp; I call it &quot;The Curse of Caligula&quot;.)</font></p><p><br /></p><p>Here&#039;s the one that escaped that fate and ended up in my later (2011-13) &quot;<a href="https://www.cointalk.com/threads/picture-repost-my-twelve-caesars-roman-collection-from-2011-2013.296895/#post-2748513" class="internalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.cointalk.com/threads/picture-repost-my-twelve-caesars-roman-collection-from-2011-2013.296895/#post-2748513">Twelve Caesars&quot; collection</a>.</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://www.cointalk.com/proxy.php?image=http%3A%2F%2Fi88.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Fk173%2Flordmarcovan%2F12%2520Caesars%2520Roman%2520Coin%2520Collection%2FTC04-Caligula-053725-frame.jpg&amp;hash=0eacbab056473c28abfcf4514a6ecbc0" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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