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ID: |
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77000888 |
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[UNVERIFIED]
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| Type: |
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Roman Imperial |
| Issuer: |
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Caligula |
| Date Ruled: |
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AD 37-41
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| Metal: |
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Bronze |
| Denomination: |
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Sestertius |
| Struck / Cast: |
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struck |
| Date Struck: |
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AD 37-38 |
| Weight: |
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27.99 g |
| Die Axis: |
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6 h |
| Obverse Legend: |
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C•CAESAR•AVG•GERMANICVS•PON•M•TR•POT |
| Obverse Description: |
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Laureate head left |
| Reverse Legend: |
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ADLOCVT / COH |
| Reverse Description: |
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Gaius, bareheaded and togate, standing left on daÏs, extending right hand in gesture of address; behind him a sella castrensis (chair); in front of him stand five soldiers right, all helmeted, holding shields, and parazonia; four aquilae behind them |
| Exergue: |
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COH |
| Mint: |
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Rome |
| Primary Reference: |
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RIC 032 |
| Reference2: |
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BMCRE 33-35 |
| Reference3: |
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BN 45-46 |
| Reference4: |
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Cohen 1 |
| Photograph Credit: |
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Classical Numismatic Group |
| Source: |
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http://www.cngcoins.com/Coin.aspx?CoinID=115311 |
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Grade:
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Good VF, mottled dark green-brown and red-brown patina, minor roughness, traces of smoothing |
| Notes: |
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Sale: Triton XI, Lot: 888 Extraordinary detail on reverse. Before a battle, or on parade, the emperor would address his troops in an event known as an adlocutio cohortium (address to the cohorts). This was an important opportunity for the emperor to be present among his troops to inspire morale. This sestertius was issued on the occasion of a donative for the Praetorian Guard and was the first to employ the adlocutio as a reverse type. |
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