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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Nemo, post: 2327318, member: 58462&quot;]Caligula is certainly an interesting character. </p><p>For those who loved the BBC series <a href="http://www.forumancientcoins.com/numiswiki/view.asp?key=red" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.forumancientcoins.com/numiswiki/view.asp?key=red" rel="nofollow">Red</a> Dwarf, you might recall an episode featuring a brief but possibly very accurate depiction of <a href="http://www.forumancientcoins.com/catalog/roman-and-greek-coins.asp?vpar=392" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.forumancientcoins.com/catalog/roman-and-greek-coins.asp?vpar=392" rel="nofollow">Caligula</a>. I must admit I can&#039;t stop thinking of this episode every time I look at the coin. If you loved Winnie-the-Pooh, this is probably not for you.....</p><p><br /></p><p>[MEDIA=youtube]zLrzYdiBXl0[/MEDIA]</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]471321[/ATTACH] </p><p>Gaius AD 37-41. AR Denarius, 3.67 g. Rome mint. Struck January AD 41. </p><p>O: C CAESAR • AVG • PON • M • TR • POT IIII COS • IIII, laureate head right </p><p>R: S • P• Q • R •/P P/OB • C • S • in three lines within oak wreath. </p><p>- RIC I -; RIC I (1st ed.) 7 = BMCRE 32 = RSC 23a. </p><p><br /></p><p>Extremely rare denarius of Caligula&#039;s fourth consulship, which only lasted from 1 January 41 until his assassination on 24 January. The third or fourth known.</p><p><br /></p><p>Although the first of these three rare coins, the British Museum piece, was cataloged in the first edition of RIC I, it was left out of the revised edition. In that edition, Giard notes (p. 110, note *) that the BM piece was a misreading of TR POT III COS III. In fact, the first edition was correct, the piece was not misdescribed. The second known example of this type was sold as lot 56 in the Bourgey sale of 17 December 1913. Ironically, Bourgey misdescribed that coin as TR POT III COS III.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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