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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;willieboyd2, post: 375378, member: 4910&quot;]This film is unusual in that it used a coin to advertise the film but</p><p>the coin did not appear in the film itself.</p><p><br /></p><p>This 1979 film starred Malcolm McDowell as the young Emperor</p><p>It was produced by Bob Guccione of Penthouse Magazine.</p><p><br /></p><p><b>Here&#039;s the coin used to advertise the film:</b></p><p><img src="http://www.brianrxm.com/posts/post_caligula_film.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p>Some were actually manufactured and given to crew members.</p><p><br /></p><p><b>Here&#039;s a real coin from Caligula:</b></p><p><img src="http://www.brianrxm.com/posts/post_caligula_real.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p>A real Roman coin would not have had the name &quot;Caligula&quot; on it.</p><p>Caligula was a nickname for the Roman emperor Gaius Caesar Germanicus</p><p>and he used variations of that name on his coins.</p><p><br /></p><p>This coin is a bronze As</p><p>Inscription: C CAESAR AVG GERMANICVS PON M TR POT</p><p>It is listed in the catalog <i>Roman Imperial Coinage</i> as number 38</p><p><br /></p><p>I added this film to my &quot;Movie Coins - Coins as Movie Stars&quot; website at:</p><p><a href="http://www.brianrxm.com/rxpics/movcns.htm" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.brianrxm.com/rxpics/movcns.htm" rel="nofollow">http://www.brianrxm.com/rxpics/movcns.htm</a></p><p>:loud:[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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