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RIC I (second edition) Gaius/Caligula 54

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RIC I (second edition) Gaius/Caligula 54, As, Bronze, struck at Rome, 40–41 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 11.0 g, diameter 28.0 mm.
obverse RIC I (second edition) Gaius/Caligula 54
obverse: Head of Caligula, bare, left
reverse RIC I (second edition) Gaius/Caligula 54
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 11.03g (9)
ruler Gaius/Caligula diameter ⌀28.0 (3)
denomination As axis 7↕ (6)
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 IIII 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 (11)
Universalmuseum Joanneum, Graz 10.44g
KENOM 8.41g ⌀28.4 7↕
KENOM 6.49g ⌀28.6 6↕
British Museum 22.37g 7↕
British Museum (RIC I, 2nd ed.)
RIC I (second edition) Gaius/Caligula 54, harvard
Harvard Art Museums 9.81g 8↕
KENOM — Konstanz 9.91g ⌀27.0 7↕
BnF (National Library of France) 11.56g
BnF (National Library of France) 9.27g
British Museum 11.03g 7↕
British Museum (RIC I, 2nd ed.)

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RIC I (second edition) Gaius/Caligula 54 (ric.1(2).gai.54), 40–41 AD. Corpus Apertum Nummorum Orbis Antiqui (CANOA). https://canoanumis.org/coins/ric-i-second-edition-gaiuscaligula-54/ (accessed: 2026-10-08). Full citation guidance: How to cite CANOA

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