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RIC I (second edition) Gaius/Caligula 47

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RIC I (second edition) Gaius/Caligula 47, As, Bronze, struck at Rome, 39–40 AD. Obverse: head of caligula, bare, left. Reverse: vesta, veiled and draped, seated left, on throne with ornamented back and legs, holding patera in right hand and long transverse sceptre in left. Weight about 10.9 g, diameter 21.1 mm.
obverse RIC I (second edition) Gaius/Caligula 47
obverse: Head of Caligula, bare, left
reverse RIC I (second edition) Gaius/Caligula 47
reverse: Vesta, veiled and draped, seated left, on throne with ornamented back and legs, holding patera in right hand and long transverse sceptre in left
mint Rome weight 10.87g (9)
ruler Gaius/Caligula diameter ⌀21.1 (4)
denomination As axis 6↕ (7)
material Bronze technique Struck
country Roman Empire dataset OCRE — Online Coins of the Roman Empire
ODC-ODbL
obverse

Head of Caligula, bare, left

C CAESAR DIVI AVG PRON AVG P M TR P III P P
reverse

Vesta, veiled and draped, seated left, on throne with ornamented back and legs, holding patera in right hand and long transverse sceptre in left

VESTA S C
specimens (7)
KENOM 10.22g 6↕
RIC I (second edition) Gaius/Caligula 47, harvard
Harvard Art Museums 10.60g 6↕
KENOM — Freiberg 10.23g 7↕
BnF (National Library of France) 11.20g
BnF (National Library of France) 11.06g
British Museum 12.09g 6↕
British Museum (RIC I, 2nd ed.)

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RIC I (second edition) Gaius/Caligula 47 (ric.1(2).gai.47), 39–40 AD. Corpus Apertum Nummorum Orbis Antiqui (CANOA). https://canoanumis.org/coins/ric-i-second-edition-gaiuscaligula-47/ (accessed: 2026-09-05). Full citation guidance: How to cite CANOA

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