RIC I (second edition) Gaius/Caligula 40
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Record status
Individual type · research required
Issuing entity
Roman EmpireRIC I (second edition) Gaius/Caligula 40. Denomination: Sestertius. Authority: Gaius/Caligula. Mint: Rome. Source: American Numismatic Society, Online Coins of the Roman Empire.
Physical characteristics
- Material
- Bronze
- Denomination
- Sestertius
Technical characteristics
- Mint
- Rome
- Authority
- Gaius/Caligula
Design
- Obverse
- Head of Caligula, laureate, left
- Reverse
- Caligula, bare-headed and togate, standing, left, on low platform on right extending right hand to five soldiers standing in front of him, helmeted with shields and parazonia; the two rearmost pairs carry an aquila.
- Obverse legend
- C CAESAR DIVI AVG PRON AVG P M TR P III P P
- Reverse legend
- ADLOCVT COH
Catalogue references
- RIC / OCREric.1(2).gai.40
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