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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;curtislclay, post: 5341705, member: 89514&quot;]Identity of the statue: see RIC&nbsp; p. 112, note 56. H.-M. von Kaenel in Schweizer Münzblätter, May 1978, p. 39, pointed out a VF specimen of this dupondius on which one could actually recognize Caligula&#039;s facial features on the statue.</p><p><br /></p><p>But why connect this statue of Caligula with the portrait of Divus Augustus on the other side of the coin? Well, soon after his accession Caligula had dedicated the temple of Divus Augustus that had been voted in 14 AD but that Tiberius had not yet completed when he died in 37. I suggest that in connection with Caligula&#039;s dedication of the temple, the senators, knights, and people of Rome voted that the statue of Caligula depicted on the coin should be erected <i>in the newly dedicated temple of Divus Augustus, </i>thus explaining the placement of Augustus&#039; portrait&nbsp; on the other side of the coin.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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