Caligula (A.D.37-41), Aureus, mint of Lugdunum, A.D. 37-38, second issue, 7.8 g., C CAESAR AVG GERM PM TR POT, bare head right, rev. DIVVS AVG PATER PATRIAE, radiate head of Augustus right (RIC.9-rarity 3; cf. C.(Caligula and Augustus) 3, as a Denarius only; Vienna coll. (RN. 1976 pl.8,9);), good very fine with two excellent portraits, very rare

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Caligula (A.D.37-41), Aureus, mint of Lugdunum, A.D. 37-38, second issue, 7.8 g., C CAESAR AVG GERM PM TR POT, bare head right, rev. DIVVS AVG PATER PATRIAE, radiate head of Augustus right (RIC.9-rarity 3; cf. C.(Caligula and Augustus) 3, as a Denarius only; Vienna coll. (RN. 1976 pl.8,9);), good very fine with two excellent portraits, very rare

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Both Mattingly (BMCRE. p.clxii and Roman Coins p.106), and Sutherland (E. and C. pp.64 ff.), argue that the earliest issues of Caligula with bare head and rather untidy lettering, were struck at Lugdunum, while later issues with laureate head and neater lettering with serifs were all struck at Rome. J-B Giard (RN.1976 pp.69 ff.), however argues that the Lugdunum mint continued in operation throughout the reign.

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