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<p>[QUOTE="Ryro, post: 5523743, member: 91461"]Yep, as you already know, 1,980 years ago some guards with a grudge off'd the promise of the people, Gaius "Caligula" Caesar:</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1240485[/ATTACH]</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1240479[/ATTACH]</p><p>Caligula,</p><p>37-41 AD., AS Rome mint.</p><p>Av. bare head left</p><p>Rv. Vesta seated left, holding patera</p><p>quality is fine to very fine with a dark green patina, weight is 9,96gr. </p><p><br /></p><p>whom supposedly was a return to the greatness and splendor of his father, up for debate, Rome's greatest General. But truly Germanicus WAS one of Rome's greatest men:</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1240484[/ATTACH]</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1240478[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>After the murder our new hero, by the most optimistic accounts, was shaking in his boots hiding behind a curtain when a praetorian guard found him.</p><p>Later that day (or this day, I suppose), a man who's famous last words reported by several sources were, "I believe I've soiled myself", was whisked into the praetorian guards camp and proclaimed emperor:</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1240486[/ATTACH]</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1240487[/ATTACH] </p><p>Claudius</p><p>Plated Wreath Denarius. 46-47 AD. Lugdunum mint. Obv: TI CLAVD CAESAR AVG P M TR P VI IMP XI legend with laureate bust righ. Rev: S P Q R / P P / OB C S in three lines within wreath. RIC 41; BMC 45; RSC 87; Sear 1848.2.03 grams.Property of a Middlesex gentleman.[No Reserve]</p><p>Very fine; large fragment. Ex Timeline</p><p><br /></p><p>[MEDIA=youtube]mJlaiQq67X4[/MEDIA]</p><p><br /></p><p>Post em if ya got em![/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Ryro, post: 5523743, member: 91461"]Yep, as you already know, 1,980 years ago some guards with a grudge off'd the promise of the people, Gaius "Caligula" Caesar: [ATTACH=full]1240485[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]1240479[/ATTACH] Caligula, 37-41 AD., AS Rome mint. Av. bare head left Rv. Vesta seated left, holding patera quality is fine to very fine with a dark green patina, weight is 9,96gr. whom supposedly was a return to the greatness and splendor of his father, up for debate, Rome's greatest General. But truly Germanicus WAS one of Rome's greatest men: [ATTACH=full]1240484[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]1240478[/ATTACH] After the murder our new hero, by the most optimistic accounts, was shaking in his boots hiding behind a curtain when a praetorian guard found him. Later that day (or this day, I suppose), a man who's famous last words reported by several sources were, "I believe I've soiled myself", was whisked into the praetorian guards camp and proclaimed emperor: [ATTACH=full]1240486[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]1240487[/ATTACH] Claudius Plated Wreath Denarius. 46-47 AD. Lugdunum mint. Obv: TI CLAVD CAESAR AVG P M TR P VI IMP XI legend with laureate bust righ. Rev: S P Q R / P P / OB C S in three lines within wreath. RIC 41; BMC 45; RSC 87; Sear 1848.2.03 grams.Property of a Middlesex gentleman.[No Reserve] Very fine; large fragment. Ex Timeline [MEDIA=youtube]mJlaiQq67X4[/MEDIA] Post em if ya got em![/QUOTE]
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