The Inscription reads: CONSENSV SENAT ET EQ ORDIN P Q R for Consensus Senatus Et Equestris Ordinis Populi Que Romani (With the will of the senate, the equestrian order, and the Roman people).Ĭomment: Whereas in the past, misguided by the identification of the seated figure with Augustus, it was taken for granted that the legend CONSENSV SENAT ET EQ ORDIN P Q R referred to the first princeps, such an interpretation is no longer plausible. The Inscription reads: DIVVS AVGVSTVS S C for Divus Augustus, Senatus Consulto (Augustus the divine, by decree of the Senate) Reverse: Gaius Caligula, laureate and togate, seated, left, on curule chair, holding branch in right hand and resting left hand against side. Gaius Caesar Augustus Germanicus Caligula for Divus Augustusĭupondius of the Roman Imperial Period 37/41 AD Material: AE Bronze Diameter: 29mm Weight: 15.48g Mint: Rome Reference: RIC I (second edition) Gaius/Caligula 56 Obverse: Head of Augustus, radiate, left. The Inscription reads: S C for Senatus Consultum (by the decree of the senate).Īnd the two bronze coins that now follow were / are already in my small Caligula stock. The Inscription reads: M AGRIPPA L F COS III for Marcus Agrippa, Lucii Filius, Consul Tertium (Marcus Agrippa, son of Lucius, consul for the third time) Reverse: Neptune, cloaked, standing left, holding dolphin in right hand and trident in left. Gaius Caesar Augustus Germanicus Caligula for Marcus Vipsanius Agrippaĭupondius of the Roman Imperial Period 37/41 AD Material: AE Bronze Diameter: 27mm Weight: 10.81g Mint: Rome Reference: RIC I (second edition) Gaius/Caligula 58 Obverse: Head of Agrippa, left, wearing rostral crown. This Caligula Agrippa I sort of "got" - he's ok - but I think I'll replace this guy at some point. The Inscription reads: VESTA S C for Vesta, Senatus Consultum (Vesta, by the decree of the senate). The Inscription reads: C CAESAR AVG GERMANICVS PON M TR POT for Caius Caesar Augustus Germanicus, Pontifex Maximus, Tribunicia Potestate (Gaius Caesar, Augustus, conqueror of the Germans, high priest, holder of tribunician power) Reverse: Vesta, veiled and draped, seated left on throne with ornamented back and legs, holding patera in right hand and long transverse sceptre in left. Gaius Caesar Augustus Germanicus Caligulaĭupondius of the Roman Imperial Period 37/38 AD Material: AE Bronze Diameter: 28.5mm Weight: 10.33g Mint: Rome Reference: RIC I (second edition) Gaius/Caligula 38 Obverse: Head of Caligula, bare, left. I thought the brown patina was so nice - so I took the bronze yesterday. ![]() I got the typical Caligula Ace with Vesta from my CGB friends yesterday. I currently have four coins in my collection. Some bronzes still work, but silver pieces usually cost thousands. Unfortunately, the coins of Caligula are not very numerous in variations and quantity - and above all quite expensive, once the preservation is reasonably good or very good. I can recommend the Caligula biography by Aloys Winterling to everyone. ![]() And in the end, it was the senators themselves who took pleasure in denouncing and decimating each other. From the reports and the point of view of the ruling aristocracy, his actions seem brutal and irrational - but better illuminated - he had few real alternatives to take action against this class. Closest confidants, friends, even beloved family members sought his life shortly after he took office - so that in the end the young emperor had no choice but to distrust everyone and everything from the very beginning. ![]() On the one hand, they flattered him - on the other hand, they tried to eliminate him - even before his "terrible deeds". Thus, even during his lifetime, but especially afterwards, the most evil things were attributed to him or statements or deeds were twisted in such a way that the later verdict could only be - this emperor is insane! Caligula is certainly not innocent of the events of that time - but it was precisely the hypocritical aristocracy that contributed significantly to the conditions and deeds of the young Gaius. Yet history was determined by the state with which he had to fight the fiercest battles. Caligula is widely regarded as the epitome of a tyrannical and above all insane emperor (Caesar madness).
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