RIC I (second edition) Gaius/Caligula 56, Dupondius, Bronze, struck at Rome, 37–41 AD. Obverse: head of augustus, radiate, left. Reverse: augustus (or caligula), laureate and togate, seated, left, on curule chair, holding branch in right hand and resting left hand against side. Weight about 14.2 g, diameter 18.9 mm.
obverse
Head of Augustus, radiate, left
DIVVS AVGVSTVS S C
reverse
Augustus (or Caligula), laureate and togate, seated, left, on curule chair, holding branch in right hand and resting left hand against side
CONSENSV SENAT ET EQ ORDIN P Q R
specimens (24)
KENOM
14.41g
6↕
KENOM
15.27g
6↕
KENOM
16.44g
⌀29.4
6↕
British Museum
16.05g
6↕
British Museum (RIC I, 2nd ed.)
British Museum
13.49g
6↕
British Museum (RIC I, 2nd ed.)
British Museum
8.92g
12↕
British Museum (RIC I, 2nd ed.)
British Museum (RIC I, 2nd ed.)
British Museum
10.14g
6↕
Harvard Art Museums
14.64g
6↕
Harvard Art Museums
14.64g
6↕
Harvard Art Museums
16.33g
6↕
Harvard Art Museums
10.51g
6↕
Harvard Art Museums
15.39g
6↕
Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
15.84g
⌀30.0
Fitzwilliam Museum (OCRE)
11.30g
12↕
KENOM — Freiberg
15.86g
6↕
KENOM — Freiberg
11.95g
6↕
KENOM — Freiberg
15.75g
6↕
KENOM — Freiberg
13.67g
6↕
KENOM — Freiberg
9.92g
BnF (National Library of France)
13.33g
Cite this coin
RIC I (second edition) Gaius/Caligula 56 (ric.1(2).gai.56), 37–41 AD. Corpus Apertum Nummorum Orbis Antiqui (CANOA). https://canoanumis.org/coins/ric-i-second-edition-gaiuscaligula-56/ (accessed: 2026-10-08). Full citation guidance: How to cite CANOA