A Gaius "Caligula" Caesar Thread: Gaius & his three sisters Sestertius, Damnatio memoriae/ Coins you gave up on ever getting... that you got!

[Roman Collector]

[John060167]

Nice Caligula coins! He is  tough in general with Roman imperial issues, but especially his precious metal issues…not affordable, yikes! Here’s two i have:

 

Caligula AE As, struck 37-38, Rome mint. “Vesta” Reverse-RIC I 38

 

Caligula AR denarius, struck 37-38, Lugdunum mint. “Germanicus” reverse-RIC I 12

[El Cazador]

10 hours ago, John060167 said:

Nice Caligula coins! He is  tough in general with Roman imperial issues, but especially his precious metal issues…not affordable, yikes! Here’s two i have:

 

Caligula AE As, struck 37-38, Rome mint. “Vesta” Reverse-RIC I 38

 

Caligula AR denarius, struck 37-38, Lugdunum mint. “Germanicus” reverse-RIC I 12

You are “en fuego” in the last week, so many new coins to showcase! Congratulations 

[Severus Alexander]

Don't bid on this one:

https://www.numisbids.com/n.php?p=lot&sid=6498&lot=482

The bidding is at 1100 euros, but it's a cast "Paduan" fake, a perfect match with mine posted above:

On 1/28/2023 at 5:19 PM, Severus Alexander said:

I have a Paduan:

Clearly a cast. It's also a match for CNG E-Auction 509, lot 793, which they identify as a Paduan type, "after Cavino," Johnson & Martini 1324-32.  I think at least a couple people have bought one of these as genuine... here are two "die" matches: one, and two.  Big bucks down the drain... it's definitely buyer beware with this type!

I notified the auction house on Monday, no response so far. Maybe they need to hear from a couple more people...

[kirispupis]

Congrats on the amazing type!

Even though I rarely go after Roman coins, this is one that I also dream of picking up some day.

Here are all the Caligula coins I currently own...

 

 

 

In terms of coins I never dreamed of getting but got, these two probably top the list. I never thought I'd get the first in such condition, and the second I didn't even have on my list because I thought I wouldn't stand a chance.

Egypt, Achaemenid Province. Sabakes, satrap, AR Tetradrachm. Circa 340-333 BCE
16.61g, 25mm, 9h.
Head of Athena to right, wearing earring, necklace, and crested Attic helmet decorated with three olive leaves over visor and a spiral palmette on the bowl / Owl standing to right with head facing, olive sprig with berry and crescent in upper left field; uncertain letters to left, ""Sabakes symbol"" and SWYK (in Aramaic) to right.
Van Alfen Type III, 24-34 var. (O11/R- [unlisted rev. die]); Nicolet-Pierre, Monnaies 18-26 (same obv. die); SNG Copenhagen 4 var. (no letters on left of rev.); BMC 265 var. (same).
Ex Roma

 

EGYPT, Achaemenid Province. Artaxerxes III Okhos. As Pharaoh of Egypt
343/2-338/7 BCE
AR Tetradrachm (26mm, 15.07 g, 9h)
Imitating Athens. Head of Athena right, with frontal eye, wearing earring and crested Attic helmet decorated with three olive leaves over visor and a spiral palmette on the bowl
Owl standing right, head facing; olive spray and crescent to left, “Artaxerxes Pharaoh” in two-line Demotic A script to right.
two test cuts on either side, obv. punch.
Van Alfen Type I, 1–5 = Price, More 147–9; O. Mørkholm, “A Coin of Artaxerxes III” in NC 1974, pl. I, 7–8; cf. Meadows, Administration 329; Mildenberg, Münzwesen 124.
Ex CNG

[Prieure de Sion]

I can't do this with the three sisters, but I can with a small "damnatio memoriae" on this freshly preserved Caligula sestertius. The C for Caesar and C for Gaius in particular were erased... The marks on the face on the cheek are probably also from this. The marks on the cheek were re-patinated in modern times during restoration.

 

Gaius Caesar Augustus Germanicus Caligula

Sestertius of the Roman Imperial Period 39/40 AD; Material: AE Bronze; Diameter: 36mm; Weight: 28.39g; Mint: Rome; Reference: RIC I (second edition) Gaius/Caligula 46; Provenance: Ex Stephen Album Rare Coins USA; Obverse: Head of Caligula, laureate, left. The Inscription reads: C CAESAR DIVI AVG PRON AVG P M TR P III P P for Caius Caesar Divi Augusti Pronepos Augustus, Pontifex Maximus, Tribunicia Potestate Tertia, Pater Patriae (Gaius Caesar, great-grandson of the divine Augustus, Augustus, high priest, holder of tribunician power for the third time, father of the nation); Reverse: Legend in four lines in oak-wreath. The Inscription reads: S P Q R P P OB CIVES SERVATOS for Senatus Populusque Romanus Patri Patriae, Ob Cives Servatos (The senate and the Roman people to the father of the nation, the saviour of the citizens).

 

 

[Severus Alexander]

On 3/2/2023 at 7:46 PM, Severus Alexander said:

Don't bid on this one:

https://www.numisbids.com/n.php?p=lot&sid=6498&lot=482

The bidding is at 1100 euros, but it's a cast "Paduan" fake, a perfect match with mine posted above:

I notified the auction house on Monday, no response so far. Maybe they need to hear from a couple more people...

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