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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;dougsmit, post: 1940326, member: 19463&quot;]The coin on season 8 episode 70 (In the Doghouse) was a denarius of Caligula with the OB CIVES SERVATOS in wreath reverse.&nbsp; Ordinarily this is one of the cheaper Caligula types because people like the ones with a reverse portrait of another of his family members better than the wreath.&nbsp; However, the coin here had the obverse legend ending COS IIII rather than COS III making it a considerably more rare variation.&nbsp; The price of $8500 only makes sense if the buyer cares a lot about the COS IIII date.</p><p><br /></p><p>The coin was well struck and interesting style as pointed out by David Vagi wo examined it with a magnifier briefly on camera before pronouncing it genuine.&nbsp; He did not mention the surface porosity or wear.&nbsp; There was wear on the ear that made me wonder if we shouldn&#039;t weigh the coin to rule out it being fourree.&nbsp; I did not see a seam in the plating but the texture revealed on the highest points would not allow me to render an opinion without a weight.&nbsp; Since it was purchased, I assume that the coin is already in a slab so it will never be weighed before it is sold.&nbsp; It will be interesting to see if the coin shows up in a big sale in the near future.&nbsp; I would grade it VF 5/5 strike 3/5 surfaces using the NGC examples I have seen.&nbsp; Please post a link here if you see the coin.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>The link below shows a Germanicus reverse COS IIII denarius that sold in 2011 for half what Rick paid.&nbsp;&nbsp; It is a better reverse with much better surfaces and good weight.&nbsp; If I had $8500 to spend on a Caligula, I would love to own it at that price (and would enjoy getting back enough change to but a COSIII with the wreath reverse).</p><p><a href="http://www.acsearch.info/search.html?id=977905" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.acsearch.info/search.html?id=977905" rel="nofollow">http://www.acsearch.info/search.html?id=977905</a>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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