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<p>[QUOTE="Justin Lee, post: 3130675, member: 87404"]I recently picked up 2 coins that any ancient collector would probably consider an important milestone...</p><p><br /></p><p>My 1st imperial Caligula...</p><p>[ATTACH=full]798490[/ATTACH]</p><p><b>Caligula (Gaius), AE As, Struck 37-38 AD, Rome Mint</b></p><p><b>Obverse:</b> C CAESAR AVG GERMANICVS PON M TR POT, bare head left.</p><p><b>Reverse:</b> VESTA, Vesta, veiled and draped, seated left on throne with ornamented back and legs, holding patera in right hand and long transverse scepter in left, S-C in fields.</p><p><b>References:</b> RIC I 38; BMCRE 46; Cohen 27</p><p><b>Size:</b> 27mm, 9.38g</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>And my 1st Nero...</p><p>[ATTACH=full]798492[/ATTACH]</p><p><b>Nero, AE Dupondius, Struck 62-68 AD, Lugdunum (Lyon) Mint</b></p><p><b>Obverse:</b> NERO CLAVD CAESAR AVG GER P M TR P IMP P, Head of Nero, laureate, left; small globe at point of neck.</p><p><b>Reverse:</b> VICTORIA AVGVSTI, Victory walking left, holding wreath in right hand and palm in left, S-C in fields,</p><p>II in exergue.</p><p><b>References:</b> RIC I 410; Lyon 81; BMCRE 350; Cohen 346</p><p><b>Size:</b> 29mm, 14.84g</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>I'll come back in a sec to add attributions...[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Justin Lee, post: 3130675, member: 87404"]I recently picked up 2 coins that any ancient collector would probably consider an important milestone... My 1st imperial Caligula... [ATTACH=full]798490[/ATTACH] [B]Caligula (Gaius), AE As, Struck 37-38 AD, Rome Mint Obverse:[/B] C CAESAR AVG GERMANICVS PON M TR POT, bare head left. [B]Reverse:[/B] VESTA, Vesta, veiled and draped, seated left on throne with ornamented back and legs, holding patera in right hand and long transverse scepter in left, S-C in fields. [B]References:[/B] RIC I 38; BMCRE 46; Cohen 27 [B]Size:[/B] 27mm, 9.38g And my 1st Nero... [ATTACH=full]798492[/ATTACH] [B]Nero, AE Dupondius, Struck 62-68 AD, Lugdunum (Lyon) Mint Obverse:[/B] NERO CLAVD CAESAR AVG GER P M TR P IMP P, Head of Nero, laureate, left; small globe at point of neck. [B]Reverse:[/B] VICTORIA AVGVSTI, Victory walking left, holding wreath in right hand and palm in left, S-C in fields, II in exergue. [B]References:[/B] RIC I 410; Lyon 81; BMCRE 350; Cohen 346 [B]Size:[/B] 29mm, 14.84g I'll come back in a sec to add attributions...[/QUOTE]
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