COIN (ROMAN)

A Denarius of Gaius Caligula (AD 37-41), dating to AD 37-8 (Reece Period 1). Mint of Lugdunum.



Obv. C CAESAR AVG GERM P M TR POT; Bare head of Caligula right

Reverse: AGRIPPINA MAT C CAES AVG GERM; Draped bust of Agrippina right

Reference: RIC I, p. 108 (Gaius), no. 8

Ruler: Caligula
Denomination: Denarius (Empire)
Material: Silver
Mint: Lugdunum
Mintmark: None
Obverse: Bare head of Caligula right
Obverse legend: C CAESAR AVG GERM P M TR POT
Reverse: Draped bust of Agrippina right
Reverse legend: AGRIPPINA MAT C CAES AVG GERM
Dated: 37.0 to 38.0
Weight (g): 3.56
Parish: Restricted Access
District: the Vale of Glamorgan
County: the Vale of Glamorgan
Region: Wales
Place known as: Vale of Glamorgan
Discovery method: Unknown
RIC reference: ric.1(2).gai.8
Notes: 
This data is sourced from the corpus of work produced by Peter Guest and Nick Wells, entitled "Iron Age and Roman coins of Wales. There are no images to accompany this series and our staff did not identify these coins. Questions about these data should be directed to Dr Guest/ Dr Wells.