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Message:: [QUOTE="Gallienus, post: 8665844, member: 42034"]Actually, one of the 1st Ancients I bought after finishing graduate school in 1988 and I began collecting in earnest.   It's a sestertius, the AD LOCVT{O?} COH{ORTVM} type which Caligula issued on 2 occasions.  This is his 1st issue of 37-38 AD: his ascension year and shows him on the back addressing not a legion but a Cohort i.e. 420 men (wiki). The 2nd type, more famous but nearly identical, is the issue of 41AD made for his failed invasion of Britannia.  I think this is one of the 1st types to leave off the "SC" on a bronze. [ATTACH=full]1520208[/ATTACH] Of course I've always wanted to upgrade it to get a much better one and after receiving a really lowball offer from a dealer ($1200), decided to wait to acquire my nicer one before getting rid of this one.  Of course, really nice Caligula sestersii have gotten very expensive as of late so unless I can find some of that missing 26 Bn in cryptocurrency, this will have to wait.[/QUOTE]