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<p>[QUOTE="Justin Lee, post: 3535472, member: 87404"]<b><font size="6">-- Caligula -------------------------</font></b></p><p>[FLOAT_RIGHT]<img src="http://www.simpleimageresizer.com/_uploads/photos/0a5ff1c6/Caligula_50.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /> [/FLOAT_RIGHT]And on to <b>Caligula</b>, who ruled from <b>37 AD to 41AD</b>.</p><p><br /></p><p>Just weeks into his reign on April 9 in 37 AD, there was an earthquake, this time "destroying" Antioch (and suburb Daphne). Gaius/Caligula was said to have given a great deal of money to the city and its surviving inhabitants.</p><p><br /></p><p>"In this early part of his reign Caligula had at his disposal the considerable sums left in the treasury by Tiberius, and the assistance which he provided for the city must have been substantial.</p><p><br /></p><p>Three officials were sent from Rome to carry out the work of restoration: Salvianus, who had the title of legate, and two senators named Lurius Varius and Pntius. All three made gifts to the city from their own funds, building public baths and a Trinymphon" (a large public bath with 3 porticos) "adorned with statues, to be used for weddings (Downey, 2015)."</p><p><font size="1">G. Downey. (2015). A history of antioch in syria: From seleucus to the arab conquest. <i>Princeton Legacy Library.</i></font></p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]939704[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>Caligula didn't strike and bronze issues and I don't have any silver coins of his. He did countermark bronze coins of prior rulers, but I don't have any of those either. <b>So I'm interested to see if anyone in the CT community has any Caligula Antiochene coinage?</b>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Justin Lee, post: 3535472, member: 87404"][B][SIZE=6]-- Caligula -------------------------[/SIZE][/B] [FLOAT_RIGHT][IMG]http://www.simpleimageresizer.com/_uploads/photos/0a5ff1c6/Caligula_50.jpg[/IMG] [/FLOAT_RIGHT]And on to [B]Caligula[/B], who ruled from [B]37 AD to 41AD[/B]. Just weeks into his reign on April 9 in 37 AD, there was an earthquake, this time "destroying" Antioch (and suburb Daphne). Gaius/Caligula was said to have given a great deal of money to the city and its surviving inhabitants. "In this early part of his reign Caligula had at his disposal the considerable sums left in the treasury by Tiberius, and the assistance which he provided for the city must have been substantial. Three officials were sent from Rome to carry out the work of restoration: Salvianus, who had the title of legate, and two senators named Lurius Varius and Pntius. All three made gifts to the city from their own funds, building public baths and a Trinymphon" (a large public bath with 3 porticos) "adorned with statues, to be used for weddings (Downey, 2015)." [SIZE=1]G. Downey. (2015). A history of antioch in syria: From seleucus to the arab conquest. [I]Princeton Legacy Library.[/I][/SIZE] [ATTACH=full]939704[/ATTACH] Caligula didn't strike and bronze issues and I don't have any silver coins of his. He did countermark bronze coins of prior rulers, but I don't have any of those either. [B]So I'm interested to see if anyone in the CT community has any Caligula Antiochene coinage?[/B][/QUOTE]
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