Hi folks,
In another topic here in the Greek section of
Forum, a
Forum member recently asked for advice regarding a coin. Mark Fox identified the coin for the OP. He also provided a link to a past issue (March 2010) of Celator magazine.
I have a few observations:
1) I would like to thank Mark for providing that link. I didn't know that past issues of Celator could be viewed online.
2) In that issue of Celator magazine, one of the coins depicted is a
sestertius issued by
Caligula. On the
reverse of that coin,
Caligula is seen sacrificing at an
altar in front of a temple. A
bull is on top of the
altar. I have an example of that issue. I purchased it several years ago. In all the years I have owned that coin, I never realized that there was a
bull on top of the
altar. On my particular example, it isn't that clear. However, after seeing the drawing in
the Celator magazine, I now realize that it is a
bull. If Mark hadn't provided that link, I wouldn't have come to that realization. You learn something new every day. This knowledge is all the more pleasing to me because, as many
Forum members already know, I love MFB coins.
3) My example is attributed by the dealer as
RIC 36. The example in Celator is attributed as
RIC 51. I looked in
acsearch, and this issue seems to have 2 different
RIC numbers (36 and 51). It appears to be the same issue. Unless I am mistaken? Or is this one of those situations where a different (later?) edition of
RIC uses a different number to classify it?
Here is a link to my example (first coin):
https://www.forumancientcoins.com/meepzorp/ri_caligula.htmI am including a photo and line drawing of
the Celator coin.
Meepzorp
