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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;IdesOfMarch01, post: 2510969, member: 39084&quot;]Quoting from <i>Roman Imperial Coinage</i> (RIC) Volume I, revised:</p><p><br /></p><p><span style="color: #0000b3">&quot;The volume of Gaius&#039; [Caligula] coinage was perhaps not abundant.&nbsp; Only dubious attention can be given to the report that Gaius&#039; coinage was somehow demonetized after his death: its size would have made this, economically, almost impossible, and such an action would have conflicted sharply with Roman practice: Antony&#039;s &#039;legionary&#039; denarii continued to circulate for two centuries.&nbsp; There may, of course, have been some symbolic <i>damnatio</i> of Gaius&#039; coins -- a ceremony affecting no more than a few chosen examples.&quot;</span></p><p><br /></p><p>So in general, Caligula&#039;s coins are scarce probably due to low mintage.</p><p><br /></p><p>You can search for these denarii using <a href="http://www.acsearch.info" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.acsearch.info" rel="nofollow">www.acsearch.info</a> -- a quick search of the phrase &quot;caligula denarius&quot; showed 544 examples, so they&#039;re available but generally pricey in about VF or better condition.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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