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Search Advanced Search Search By Coin ID     Home ANCIENT/BYZANTINE Ancient Spain (872) Byzantine (753) MEDIEVAL/EARLY WORLD Germany (30) MODERN WORLD COUNTERFEITS AND IMITATIONS   Submit New Coin(s)   Sponsors page Terms of Service Contact Us About Us FAQ Page Coin Detail Click here to see enlarged image. ID:     34-9      [UNVERIFIED] Type:     Roman Imperial Issuer:     Caligula Date Ruled:     AD 37-41 Metal:     Gold Denomination:     Aureus Struck / Cast:     struck Date Struck:     AD 37-38 Diameter:     22 mm Weight:     7.73 g Obverse Legend:     C CAESAR AVG GERM P M TR POT Obverse Description:     Bare head of Gaius right Reverse Legend:     DIVVS AVG PATER PATRIAE Reverse Description:     Radiate head of Augustus right Mint:     Rome Primary Reference:     RIC 015 Reference2:     BMC 016 Reference3:     C 1 Reference4:     CBN 19; Vagi 310; Calicó 332 (this coin) Photograph Credit:     Numismatica Ars Classica NAC AG Source:     http://www.arsclassicacoins.com/ Price Sold For:     150000 Swiss Franc Date Sold:     11/24/2006 Grade:     gEF Notes:     NAC Auction 34, Lot 9 Very rare and among the finest specimens known. Two fabulous portraits of the finest style struck on a very large flan. Good extremely fine Ex Gilhofer & Ranshburg 22 November 1935, Trau Collection, 352; NFA XXX, 1982, 212 sales and Antiqva list VII, 2000, 7. Few of Rome’s emperors enjoy as foul a reputation as Gaius, who is generally known by the nickname Caligula, meaning ‘bootikin’ or ‘little boots’, which he received from his father’s soldiers while he was still an amiable child. He grew to despise the nickname almost as much as everyone grew to despise him. There is little need to revisit the list of his debaucheries, incests and acts of depravity – we need only note that his behaviour was a special blend of intellect and insanity, and that he has few peers beyond Nero, Commodus and Elagabalus. On the bright side, Caligula was dutiful when it came to his well-produced coinage. Caligula honoured his great-grandfather Augustus, very likely Tiberius, his murdered parents, Germanicus and Agrippina Senior, and his murdered brothers, Nero Caesar and Drusus Caesar. Among the living he honoured his three sisters – in whom he had more than a casual interest – and, on provincial coinage, his final wife Caesonia and their daughter Drusilla Minor, both of whom were murdered within an hour of Caligula.

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