Ancients: Gaius 'Caligula' (AD 37-41), with Germanicus. AR denarius (19mm, 3.64 gm, 10h). NGC AU 5/5 - 2/5....

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Gaius 'Caligula' (AD 37-41), with Germanicus. AR denarius (19mm, 3.64 gm, 10h). NGC AU 5/5 - 2/5. Rome, AD 40. C•CAESAR•AVG•PON•M•TR•POT•III•COS•III, bare head of Caligula right / GERMANICVS•CAES•P•C•CAES•AVG•GERM, bare head of Germanicus right. RIC I 26. Scattered rainbow toning with two striking portraits.

Despite ranking among the worst of all Roman emperors, Caligula's coinage is interesting and attractive. As he had few, if any, real accomplishments to tout, his reverse types place great stress on his blue-blooded lineage. This remarkable denarius pairs his portrait with a bare headed bust of his father, the revered general Germanicus, whose mysterious death in AD 19 plunged the Roman world into mourning.

蓋烏斯.卡里古拉「小靴子」（公元37-41年）與日爾曼尼庫斯。第納里銀幣
（19mm, 3.64 gm, 10h）。NGC AU 5/5 - 2/5。
羅馬造幣廠，公元40年。C.CAESAR.AVG.GERM.PON.M.TR.POT.III.COS.III，卡里古拉面右頭像，免冠。背面幣文GERMANICVS.CAES.P.C.CAES.AVG.GERM，日耳曼尼亞面右頭像，免冠。參RIC I 26。散落的彩虹色包漿與兩個奪人眼目的肖像。

儘管身處最不濟的羅馬皇帝之列，但卡利古拉的造幣卻很有趣且有吸引力。由於他幾乎沒有什麼值得誇讚的真正的成就，因此他的錢幣背面設計只能盡力強調給他的血統。這位傑出的繼承人將他的肖像與他的父親，廣受尊敬的日耳曼尼庫斯的免冠半身像配搭，後者在公元19年的神秘去世使羅馬世界陷入了悲痛。

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